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8-year-old girl's divorce is finalized while a law to prevent early marriage stalls
"Eight-year-old Nojoud is now safe after an anonymous donor paid her 30-year-old husband to divorce her. Although this chapter of her life has closed, there are many other Yemeni girls who still suffer from early marriage and its consequences. Feminist groups in Yemen are urging the Parliament to legally define a minimum marriage age. However, there is a long way to go before girls like Nojoud can be free from detrimental early marriages. [...]" Source: Yemen Times (Yemen), April 17, 2008 Read Also: Yemen: 8-year-old girl asks for divorce in court, http://www.thememriblog.org/arabculture/blog_personal/en/6778.htm Yemen: Parliament refuses to legislate minimum age for marriage, http://www.thememriblog.org/arabculture/blog_personal/en/6870.htm
Posted at: 2008-04-17
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