An 8 year-old Yemeni child bride, a mere girl, recently died on her
wedding night from internal hemorrhaging. She was married to a man five
times her age. As disgusting as the tradition of marrying off children
to much older men is, it is common practice in Yemen. More than a
quarter of the female population are married before the age of 15.
In 2010, a 12 year-old girl passed away after struggling for three
days in labor, attempting to give birth to a baby. Countless other
children have been subjected to similar atrocities.
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