1. Kelsey Cook Rebekah Jackson Alexis Montoya Dylan Robinson CHILD BRIDES

2. http://pulitzerc enter.org/proje cts/child- brides-child- marriage-too- young-to-wed

3.  Ages 8 – 18  Global Issue  Health Problems  Poverty  Tradition ABOUT CHILD BRIDES

4. MORE THAN 100 MILLION GIRLS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD WILL BE MARRIED DURING THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

5.  Law vs. Community  Spans continents, language, religion, caste.  Occurs in 49 countries LOCATION

7.  Arranged marriages  Defiance of national laws  Understood by communities  Appropriate way for girls to grow up  Risk of losing girls’ virginity  Patriarchal authority FAMILY

8.  Tradition  Settle debts  Make money  Cycle of poverty  Prostitution  Trafficking  Lack of employment opportunities POVERTY

9.  Psychiatric Disorders  Domestic Abuse and Violence  Post-Traumatic Stress  Depression  Sexually Transmitted Diseases  Child Birth or Pregnancy  Mortality Rates HEALTH ISSUES Zahara

10.  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.* REPRIMANDS OF ESCAPE

11.  End child marriage  Break poverty cycle  Independence  Empowerment  Jobs  Knowledge of health concerns  Seek divorce EDUCATION

12.  The United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF)  International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)  Girl Up ORGANIZATIONS

14. QUESTIONS?

15.  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. WORKS CITED