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Child marriage - Men and Boys

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  • Police woman Malalai arrests Janan, 35, after he tried to kill his fifteen-year-old wife Jamila, which means beautiful in Arabic, Afghanistan, June 4, 2006. Jamila angered him by fleeing her home to stay with her mother after enduring years of abuse from her husband and mother-in-law. Janan came to the mother's house to kill Jamila for leaving their home, and ended up stabbing Jamila's grandmother multiple times as well, when she tried to cover Jamila with her body to protect her. Jamila was engaged when she was only a 1-year-old and was married at 10. As a premature bride, she lacked the skills to be a proper wife, which resulted in the abuse she received. Jamila's mother, Malika, said, "I kept my daughter at my house and hoped to explain to my son-in-law why he should not beat her, but he barged into the house and tried to kill her."
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  • Ghulam, 11, says a prayer with male family members to cement her engagement to Faiz, 40, Afghanistan, Sept. 11, 2005. She said she is sad to be getting engaged as she wanted to be a teacher. Her favorite class was Dari, the local language, before she was made to drop out of school. Married girls are seldom found in school, limiting their economic and social opportunities. Parents sometimes remove their daughters from school to protect them from the possibility of sexual activity outside of wedlock. It is hard to say exactly how many young marriages take place, but according to the Afghan women's ministry and women's NGOs, approximately 57 percent of Afghan girls get married before the legal age of 16. In addition, once the girl's father has agreed to the engagement, she is pulled out of school immediately. Early pregnancies also result in an increase in complications during child birth.
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  • Father of the bride, Abdul, 60, slits the throat of a lamb to celebrate the engagement of Roshan, 8, and Said, 55, Afghanistan, Sept. 10, 2005. Abdul said he is unhappy giving his daughter away at such a young age, but has no choice due to severe poverty. It is hard to say exactly how many young marriages take place, but according to the women's ministry and women's NGOs, approximately 57 percent of Afghan girls get married before the legal age of 16. In addition, once the girl's father has agreed to the engagement, she is pulled out of school immediately. Early pregnancies also result in an increase in complications during child birth.
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  • Men pray before burying Rokhshana, Afghanistan, May 25, 2005. Cultural traditions forbid women to attend burials, as they are too emotional at the scene. Rokhshana set herself on fire when her husband, who left her to go to Iran 14 years earlier, demanded she return to him. She died in the hospital from her wounds.
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  • Tsegaya, 13, and Talema, 23, sit together for the first time as husband and wife in Yeganda Village, Amhara Region, Ethopia on May 20, 2007. The practice of early marriage remains widespread in Ethiopia, especially in the northern Amhara and Tigray regions, where parents consent to their daughters' consummated marriages when they are still as young as 10 or 12. In Amhara, 50 percent of girls are married by the age of 15, despite the enactment in 2000 of the revised Family Law, which sets the legal age for marriage at 18.
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  • Priest Nigatu peforms the marriage of Tsegaya, 13, and Talema, 23, in Yeganda Village, Amhara Region, Ethiopia on May 20, 2007. The practice of early marriage remains widespread in Ethiopia, especially in the northern Amhara and Tigray regions, where parents consent to their daughters' consummated marriages when they are still as young as 10 or 12. In Amhara, 50 percent of girls are married by the age of 15, despite the enactment in 2000 of the revised Family Law, which sets the legal age for marriage at 18.
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  • Leyualem, 14, is wisked away on a mule by her new groom and groomsmen in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia on May 23, 2007.  Leyualem had never met her husband before her wedding day, yet sumitted as they bound her in the white wedding cloth. The men later said it was placed over her head so she would not be able to find her way back home, should she want to escape the marriage.
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  • The groomsmen for Alelegn, 23, dance outside the hut where he was waiting for his bride, Leyualem, 14, in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia on May 23, 2007.  Leyualem had never met her husband before her wedding day, yet sumitted as they bound her in the white wedding cloth. The men later said it was placed over her head so she would not be able to find her way back home, should she want to escape the marriage.
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  • Family members dance moments before Leyualem, 14, is taken to her new home in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia on May 23, 2007.  Leyualem had never met her husband before her wedding day, yet sumitted as they bound her in the white wedding cloth. The men later said it was placed over her head so she would not be able to find her way back home, should she want to escape the marriage.
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  • Members of the Adet village Women's Affairs office try to convince a father not to marry off his 8-year-old daughter in Adet Village, Amhara Region, Ethiopia on May 17, 2007.  He agreed to their request.
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  • Rural women are operated on for uterine prolapse in Lumbini, Nepal on Dec. 7, 2006. Reports show the prevalence of uterine prolapse significantly higher among women who married at younger ages (< or = 16 years), independent of education, socioeconomic status and parity.
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  • Two actors perform a series of skits put on by the Fistula Girls Club and the Community-based Reproductive Association in Shende Village, Amhara Region, Ethiopia on May 16, 2007. This is one of many events hosted by the groups to discourage early marriage and other harmful traditional practices in the Bure district.
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  • Maya, 8, and Kishore, 13, pose for a wedding photo inside their new home the day after the Hindu holy day of Akshaya Tritiya, or Akha Teej, in Rajasthan, India on April 29, 2009.
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  • Capitalizing on the crowds, Shanta, 14, performs a skit against early marriage, moments after the finish of two wedding ceremonies at the nearby temple Kagati Village, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal on Jan. 23 ,2007.The Shri Krishna Drugati Bal (Child) Club has been very active in stopping child marriage in their village. However, the leaders agree that their cause is better served by creating awareness rather than pursuing legal action against the families of their friends and relatives. The Kagati village, a Newar community, is most well known for its propensity towards this practice. Many Hindu families believe blessings will come upon them if marry off their girls before their first menstruation.
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  • Children watch Balika Vadhu, a television show that highlights child marriage, in Rajasthan, India on April 30, 2009.
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  • Bridegrooms Hariprasad, 22 at left, and Kishore, 13 at right, gather to bring their wives to their new homes the day after Akshaya Tritiya, the Hindu holy day, which is called Akha Teej in Rajasthan, India on April 29, 2009.
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  • Giniaj, left, a young groom, is escorted to his marriage ceremony in Rajasthan, India on April 27, 2009.
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  • Tahani, 8, is seen with her husband Majed, 27, and her former classmate Ghada, 8, and her husband outside their home in Hajjah, Yemen, July 26, 2010.
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  • School children participate in an anti-child marriage demonstration, Rajasthan, India, April 25, 2009. The demonstration is held around the Hindu holy day of Akshaya Tritiya, or Akha Teej, a day when child marriage commonly takes place. The protests, which occurred through several villages, were organized by the Shive Health Organization. A recent government survey said 44.5 percent of women aged 20-24 were married before the legal age in 2005-6, down from 54.2 percent in 1992-93.
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  • Rajni, 5, is seen just after waking up before her wedding ceremony in Rajasthan, India on April 28, 2009.
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  • School children participate in an anti-child marriage demonstration, Rajasthan, India, April 25, 2009. The demonstration is held around the Hindu holy day of Akshaya Tritiya, or Akha Teej, a day when child marriage commonly takes place. The protests, which occurred through several villages, were organized by the Shive Health Organization.
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  • Fifteen-year-old Destaye and her husband, Addisu, 27, dress their son in their home near Bahir Dar, Ethiopia on Aug. 12, 2012. The couple divide their time between working in the fields and taking care of their 6-month-old baby. Like many other young couples, they tend to the domestic, economic and personal demands of being young parents. At the time of their marriage, when Destaye was age 11, she was still in school and her husband expressed interest in letting her continue her education. Since the birth of their son, however, she has had to confine her life exclusively to being a wife and mother.
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  • Fifteen-year-old Destaye prepares a meal while her husband Addisu, 27, stands with their son in their home near Bahir Dar, Ethiopia on Aug. 10, 2012. The couple divide their time between working in the fields and taking care of their 6-month-old baby. Like many other young couples, they tend to the domestic, economic and personal demands of being young parents. At the time of their marriage, when Destaye was age 11, she was still in school and her husband expressed interest in letting her continue her education. Since the birth of their son, however, she has had to confine her life exclusively to being a wife and mother.
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  • Fifteen-year-old Destaye and her husband Addisu, 27, sit in their home with their son near Bahir Dar, Ethiopia on Aug. 11, 2012. They divide their time between working in the fields and taking care of their 6-month-old baby. Like many other young couples, they tend to the domestic, economic and personal demands of being young parents. At the time of their marriage, when Destaye was age 11, she was still in school and her husband expressed interest in letting her continue her education. Since the birth of their son, however, she has had to confine her life exclusively to being a wife and mother.
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  • Fifteen-year-old Destaye nurses her son near their home in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia on Aug. 9, 2012. Destaye and her husband Addisu, 27, divide their time between working in the fields and taking care of their 6-month-old baby. Like many other young couples, they tend to the domestic, economic and personal demands of being young parents. At the time of their marriage, when Destaye was age 11, she was still in school and her husband expressed interest in letting her continue her education. Since the birth of their son, however, she has had to confine her life exclusively to being a wife and mother.
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  • Tsegaya Mekonen, 13, and Talema Meseret, 23, are married at her home in Yeganda Village, Amhara Region, Ethiopia on May 20, 2007. The practice of early marriage remains widespread in Ethiopia, especially in the northern Amhara and Tigray regions, where parents consent to their daughters? consummated marriages when they are still as young as 10 or 12. In Amhara, 50 percent of girls are married by the age of 15, despite the enactment in 2000 of the revised Family Law, which sets the legal age for marriage at 18.
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  • Destaye, 11, is seen on her wedding day near Bahir Dar, Ethiopia  on Feb. 4, 2008. Community members say that Destaye was married to Addisu, 23, at such a young age because, as a priest, it was necessary his bride be a virgin. According to the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, 37 percent of young women in sub-Saharan Africa aged 20 to 24 were married before turning 18. In 2010, there were 13.1 million girls married by age 18 in sub-Saharan Africa and the number is expected to rise to 15 million by 2030.
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  • Prakash Balami, 16, is groomed by friends and family for his wedding ceremony in Kagati Village, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal on Jan. 23, 2007.  Early marriage is a harmful traditional practice common in Nepal. The Kagati village, a Newar community, is most well known for its propensity towards this practice. Many Hindu families believe blessings will come upon them if marry off their girls before their first menstruation.
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  • The wedding of Maya Sekhawat, 8, and Kishore Presad, 13. The couples were married on the Hindu holy day of Akshaya Tritiya, called Akha Teej in North India. The auspicious day is said to bring good luck to couples married then and is widely known in Rajasthan as the day most child marriages occur.
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  • Bishal Shreshta Balami, 15, accepts gifts from visitors as Surita Shreshta Balami, 16, sits bored at her new home Kagati Village, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal on Jan. 29 ,2007. Early marriage is a harmful traditional practice common in Nepal. The Kagati village, a Newar community, is most will known for its propensity towards this practice. Many Hindu families believe blessings will come upon them if marry off their girls before their first menstruation.
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  • School children participate in an anti-child marriage demonstration in Rajasthan, India on April 25, 2009. The demonstration is held around  the Hindu holy day of Akshaya Tritiya, or Akha Teej, a day when child marriage commonly takes place. The protests, which occurred through several villages, were organized by the Shive Health Organization.
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  • A woman prays with her son at the Kowaja Abdullah Ansaar shrine, the main Sufi shrine in Herat, which was named after a poet.
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  • Three young brides Sidaba Saleh Ali Wardan, 11, Qawla Hameed Saleh Wardan, 12, and Galiya Saleh Hameed Wardan, 13,  are married to three brothers during a combined ceremony in the rural areas outside Hajjah. Contact for this is fixer Amira Al Shariff, now living in the US (917) 664-3344 . Her email is msmn82@yahoo.com .Contact for this is fixer Amira Al Shariff, now living in the US (917) 664-3344 . Her email is msmn82@yahoo.com .
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