Child Marriage: 8year old girl married off to mature man in Nigeria
Child Marriage: 8year old girl married off to mature man in Nigeria. Man named Baba Ahmed and on Sunday Jan. 17th, paid the bride price( lobola) of this 8 year old girl in Zaria, Nigeria. But according report, the girl won’t be moving to his house until she is 17.
Every year 15 million girls are married as children, denied their rights to health, education and opportunity, and robbed of their childhood.
Each year, 15 million girls are married before the age of 18. That is 28 girls every minute – married off too soon, endangering their personal development and wellbeing. With more young people on our planet than ever before, child marriage is a human rights violation.
Child brides are often disempowered, dependent on their husbands and deprived of their fundamental rights to health, education and safety. Neither physically nor emotionally ready to become wives and mothers, child brides are at greater risk of experiencing dangerous complications in pregnancy and childbirth, becoming infected with HIV/AIDS and suffering domestic violence. With little access to education and economic opportunities, they and their families are more likely to live in poverty.
Nations also feel the impact: a system that undervalues the contribution of young women limits its own possibilities. In this way, child marriage drains countries of the innovation and potential that would enable them to thrive.