Kelsey Cook Rebekah Jackson Alexis Montoya Dylan Robinson CHILD BRIDES
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Ages 8 – 18 Global Issue Health Problems Poverty Tradition ABOUT CHILD BRIDES
MORE THAN 100 MILLION GIRLS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD WILL BE MARRIED DURING THE NEXT TEN YEARS.
Law vs. Community Spans continents, language, religion, caste. Occurs in 49 countries LOCATION
Arranged marriages Defiance of national laws Understood by communities Appropriate way for girls to grow up Risk of losing girls’ virginity Patriarchal authority FAMILY
Tradition Settle debts Make money Cycle of poverty Prostitution Trafficking Lack of employment opportunities POVERTY
Psychiatric Disorders Domestic Abuse and Violence Post-Traumatic Stress Depression Sexually Transmitted Diseases Child Birth or Pregnancy Mortality Rates HEALTH ISSUES Zahara
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
End child marriage Break poverty cycle Independence Empowerment Jobs Knowledge of health concerns Seek divorce EDUCATION
The United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF) International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) Girl Up ORGANIZATIONS
QUESTIONS?
Daily Mail Reporter. “The secret world of the child bride.” Mail Online. Associated Newspapers Ltd, 9 June Web. 23 September Gorney, Cynthia. “Too Young to Wed.” National Geographic. National Geographic Society, June Web. 23 September PBS. “Child Brides.” PBS.org. JumpStart Productions, Web. 24 September Reuters. “Child brides have more mental illness.” Reuters. N.p., 31 August Web. 23 September Stritof, Sheri and Bob. “Child Brides: The Problem of Early, Forced Marriage.” The New York Times Company, N.d. Web. 23 September Tristam, Pierre. “Child Marriage: Facts, Causes and Consequences.” The New York Times Company, N.d. Web. 23 September UNICEF. “Progress for Children.” UNICEF, September Web. 23 September WORKS CITED