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<![CDATA[11-Year-Old Girl Starts Movement Against Child Marriages in India]]>
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wires/2009/04/27/11yearold-girl-starts-mov_ws_191953.html
In India, nearly half of all girls are married off to older men before they turn 18—often while they’re as young as 11 or 12. Technically, they aren’t forced to do it—but it’s so ingrained in the culture that the girls are often afraid to say no, for fear of seeming disrespectful or bringing shame upon their families. So the archaic tradition carries on, year after year, pulling young women away from their homes and schools...]]>
2009-04-27T17:21:00-04:00