At the age of thirteen, Fatimetou was forced to marry an older man. She didn't not like him and kept running away from him, but her family kept bringing her back. Another girl at the age of thirteen, Briggite gave birth to her first child. Amina was fifteen when her husband was sold. All of these stories are sadly very common. These girls's names have been changed to protect their identity . In a new study, UNICEF estimates that the total number of child brides will rise from 125 million to 310 million by 2050.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/26/africa/africa-child-brides-unicef/index.html
Why do you think these rates keep going up?
How do you think these rates could go down or how do you think we could help save these little girls from this?
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They have to keep there population up in there country I dont know how to make them go down maybe the girls should run away