Monday- CWI
Process of the marriage
1. parents girl must pay a dowry to the future husband
Current laws in the middle east
attempt to make the minimum age in Yemen to be 17
Current laws in the us
must be 18 to marry without parental consent
Where is child marriage a problem
India
Bangladesh
Parents feel its for the daughters best because less of a chance to be sexually assaulted by men
Leading cause of death is childbirth complications
Tuesday-CWI
Child marriage is the end of education for girls
The longer a girl stays in school less likely she will be married by 18
girls under 15 are 5 times as more to die while giving birth
Child brides are 2 times to be beaten by their husbands
Some child marriage cases can be considered slavery
FGM
140 million have undergone FGM
Social Reasons
Ensures virginity
A girl has become a woman
Prepares a girl for marriage
Issues
Serious complication with childbirth
Extreme pain and bleeding
Wednesday-CWI
Islam- based on submitting to the will of god
Quran is there bible
1.6 billion Muslims
2.6 million Americans
Indonesia largest muslin population
Thursday- CWI
No school
Friday-CWI
No school
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