Yemeni refugees in Somalia struggling to survive
Refugees from war-torn Yemen who fled to Somalia say they are struggling to survive, with little access to food, education and healthcare. The International Organization for Migration says at least 6,000 Yemeni refugees have arrived since March 2015. source
Meet Yemen's First Female Rapper: Amani Yahya | Refinery29
Considered Yemen’s first female rapper, Yahya has overcome many challenges, even death threats, to pursue her art and passion for music. Yahya uses her voice to be an activist, using her music to reflect on what’s happening in the war-torn country of Yemen, highlighting issues like women’s rights and child marriage while challenging stereotypes and […]
Initiation rites: Child marriage in Mozambique
In Mozambique, initiation rites take place during a coming of age ceremony where girls, from the age of 8, are perceived to be entering womanhood. Girls Not Brides member, World Vision, and our youth activists are working to preserve the importance of this cultural tradition, but break its links with early marriage. source
Child Brides Throughout the Ages, from Royalty to the Middle East
Child Brides Throughout the Ages, from Royalty to the Middle East. That is what this video is basically about. Girls as young as five are getting married to children and much older men. In Europe children as young as 1 have been betrothed in Royal circles. In the middle East and some Asian countries such […]
Child Brides in Yemen
Andreia Nunes, Sarah Dimock, and Brianna Crovelli- Shapiro and Spingarn 6 WORKS CONSULTED: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1264729/Child-bride-13-dies-internal-injuries-days-arranged-marriage-Yemen.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/yemen-child-brides/ http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/14/documenting-child-marriage-for-over-a-decade-and-still-going/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_marriage http://www.girlsnotbrides.org/about-child-marriage/ source
Las niñas de Yemen || Walterr's Horror
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Egypt Child Marriage; 12 y.o Boy Will Marry 11 y.o Cousin But Father says 'It's Only Engagement'
While family and friends celebrated Nasser Hassan’s eldest son’s lavish wedding, the father decided to ‘double the joy’ in Egypt by announcing the engagement. Egyptian law prohibits marriages for anyone under 18 and the decision for Omar, 12, and Gharam, 11, to marry has sparked outrage among activists. The father told Egypt’s Al Watan newspaper […]
Yemen's Crumbling Schools
The war in one of the world’s poorest countries is destroying an already broken education system. More then 1.8 million children can no longer go to school. source
Child Marriage in Niger
Worldwide, 15 million girls are married before the age of 18 each year – that’s 28 girls every minute. One every 2 seconds. Of the 10 countries with the highest rates of child marriage, nine are in Africa, according to UNICEF. source
Stolen Brides (Kidnapping Documentary) – Real Stories
A one-off special that documents a mother’s struggle to recover her daughters after their father abducted the pair, exposing them to sexual practices and holding them as ‘Stolen Brides’. Want to watch more full-length Documentaries? Click here: http://bit.ly/1GOzpIu Follow us on Twitter for more – https://twitter.com/realstoriesdocs Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/RealStoriesChannel Instagram – @realstoriesdocs Produced by Yorkshire […]