A highly anticipated Turkish soap opera “Life Goes On” focuses on the fate of a 15-year-old girl from a poor family in the region of Anatolia who is married to a 70-year-old man. The soap opera, which recently debuted on Turkish television, coincides with the release of the documentary film, “Child Brides,” following a women’s … Continue reading »
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The Secret World of Child Brides: interview
In our May 17 post we recommended the National Geographic article “Too Young to Wed: The Secret World of Child Brides.” On NPR’s radio program “All Things Considered”, host Michele Norris talks with National Geographic Magazine reporter Cynthia Gorney and photographer Stephanie Sinclair about this article. She also interviews Sinclair — a photojournalist specializing in gender and human-rights issues … Continue reading »
Too Young to Wed: The secret world of child brides
From National Geographic: “…Child marriage spans continents, language, religion, caste. In India the girls will typically be attached to boys four or five years older; in Yemen, Afghanistan, and other countries with high early marriage rates, the husbands may be young men or middle-aged widowers or abductors who rape first and claim their victims as … Continue reading »
New survey finds high percentage of Indian underage brides
The legal age for marriage in India is 18 (increased from 12 in 1978). However, a survey by the Lancet medical magazine has found that 44.5% of Indian brides were married by the time they were 18. The survey involved 22,807 Indian women who were aged between 20 and 24 and lists the following as trends … Continue reading »