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Child brides

Child brides. Kelsey Cook Rebekah Jackson Alexis Montoya Dylan Robinson. http ://pulitzercenter.org/projects/child-brides-child-marriage-too-young-to-wed. about child brides. Ages 8 – 18 Global Issue Health Problems Poverty Tradition .

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Child brides

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  1. Child brides Kelsey Cook Rebekah Jackson Alexis Montoya Dylan Robinson

  2. http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/child-brides-child-marriage-too-young-to-wedhttp://pulitzercenter.org/projects/child-brides-child-marriage-too-young-to-wed

  3. about child brides • Ages 8 – 18 • Global Issue • Health Problems • Poverty • Tradition

  4. More than 100 million girls in the developing world will be married during the next ten years.

  5. location • Law vs. Community • Spans continents, language, religion, caste. • Occurs in 49 countries

  6. Family • Arranged marriages • Defiance of national laws • Understood by communities • Appropriate way for girls to grow up • Risk of losing girls’ virginity • Patriarchal authority

  7. Poverty • Tradition • Settle debts • Make money • Cycle of poverty • Prostitution • Trafficking • Lack of employment opportunities

  8. Health issues • Psychiatric Disorders • Domestic Abuse and Violence • Post-Traumatic Stress • Depression • Sexually Transmitted Diseases • Child Birth or Pregnancy • Mortality Rates Zahara

  9. Reprimands of escape • Light themselves on fire • Sent back to husband by parents • Beaten by in-laws and husband • Publicly and viciously flogged • Kidnapped • Murdered • Divorced and returned them to their own families.*

  10. education • End child marriage • Break poverty cycle • Independence • Empowerment • Jobs • Knowledge of health concerns • Seek divorce

  11. organizations • The United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF) • International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) • Girl Up

  12. Questions?

  13. Works Cited • Daily Mail Reporter. “The secret world of the child bride.” Mail Online. Associated Newspapers Ltd, 9 June 2011. Web. 23 September 2011. • Gorney, Cynthia. “Too Young to Wed.” National Geographic. National Geographic Society, June 2011. Web. 23 September 2011. • PBS. “Child Brides.” PBS.org. JumpStart Productions, 2010. Web. 24 September 2011. • Reuters. “Child brides have more mental illness.” Reuters. N.p., 31 August 2011. Web. 23 September 2011. • Stritof, Sheri and Bob. “Child Brides: The Problem of Early, Forced Marriage.” The New York Times Company, N.d. Web. 23 September 2011. • Tristam, Pierre. “Child Marriage: Facts, Causes and Consequences.” The New York Times Company, N.d. Web. 23 September 2011. • UNICEF. “Progress for Children.” UNICEF, September 2009. Web. 23 September 2011.

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