http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/04/01/girls-in-yemen-forced-to-marry-too-young/ The World Affairs Blog Network Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:37:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/04/01/girls-in-yemen-forced-to-marry-too-young/comment-page-1/#comment-1940 Children » Blog Archive Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:00:40 +0000 http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/04/01/girls-in-yemen-forced-to-marry-too-young/#comment-1940 [...] In April in the post, Girls In Yemen Forced to Marry Too Young, an introduction to the abuses committed against girls who are forced into marriage too early, including highlighting the hindrance that child marriage is placing on the country’s development. According to a recent study by Sana University, researchers found the average age of marriage in rural Yemen to be 12 to 13. Why are girls married off so young? Poverty and economic hardship are the root cause of the problem, which ironically has led only to develop into a cycle of poverty, as the girls are pulled from school for marriage leaving most illiterate. [...] [...] In April in the post, Girls In Yemen Forced to Marry Too Young, an introduction to the abuses committed against girls who are forced into marriage too early, including highlighting the hindrance that child marriage is placing on the country’s development. According to a recent study by Sana University, researchers found the average age of marriage in rural Yemen to be 12 to 13. Why are girls married off so young? Poverty and economic hardship are the root cause of the problem, which ironically has led only to develop into a cycle of poverty, as the girls are pulled from school for marriage leaving most illiterate. [...]

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