CHILD BRIDES
In
today's world , many young people are forced to marry with elder people.As they
have no rights to say stop for this situation,they have to endure.While they
nothing about marriage,family;their family marry them off and some problems can
occur.Firstly,girls,that are married off at very early age,don't live their
children.They have responsibilities such as cleaning,washing,bringing children
up.They have to do all of them,because they don't have the rights to education
and working.Secondly,marriage of children is considered to be a violation of
basic human rights.These include sexual or psychological abuse.Because girls
that are at early age don't grow enough,the experience of pregnancy can be
traumatizing for them.They are more likely to have double the pregnancy, as
they can't control their urine after a period of time .This may cause
death.There are reasons of early marriage.Economy and tradition are two of the
reasons.Families that have economic difficulties and children excessively see
marriage as a solution,and so they think that they reduce economic
responsibilities.The other reason is tradition.According to the some
traditions;if a girl are not marrried until she is 16,this is an an abnormal
situation and it isn't accepted by the society.In some parts of the
world,marriageat early age is common such as
Egypt,Afghanistan,Bangladesh.For example;in Afghanistan it is believed that
between 60 and 80 percent of marriages is under the age of 16.Throughout the
world, more than 51 million girls younger than 18 are married, even though it
is outlawed.The more control is made,the more child marriage is prevented.
I chose this video because
I thought that it would show more clear what i wrote about child brides.In this
video,When Saida was 9 years old,it was represented a woman that got married
sixty years old man. Although She was too young to get married, in Afghanistan
this situation is different from some country.Their society and government do
not accept girls that do not get married until they are 16; so they have to get
married at very early age.After Saida's father had died,her brother sold her to
old man as his wife despite being little.That man had a bad reputation and he
sold her to different men in exchange for money.She had to be with him 7
years.What she wants is going to school because she thinks that it results from
lack of education in Afghanistan.To sum up,Saida is the only one of them in
Afghanistan or other part of world.There are many girls like Saida.

Firstly I want to thank you Turkan for mentioning this issue. It is really important problem in the world specially in undeveloped countries. People are still very ignorant about this problem. When I watched the video, I was shocked.The story of Saida is painful and terrible. She married 60 years old a man. People should aware of this issue and we should try to find solutions about this problem.
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