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© by Stephanie Sinclair
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Kyra worked with this text and photo to reflect on the child
brides.
‘When Sunil's parents arranged for her marriage at age 11,
she threatened to report them to police in Rajasthan, India. They relented, and
Sunil, now 13, stayed in school. "Studying will give her an edge against
others," her mother now says.’
Too young to Wed is a story about young girls in arranged
marriages when they are very young. I can’t even imagine getting married at
this age especially to someone three times older then me. In India and Yemen
they force young girls to marry and have sex when they start going through
puberty.
I feel stories like this affect me because I’m a young women and
it hurts to hear that stories like are going on in many parts of the world. All
in all I hope those illegal marriages come to a stop soon and I wish the best
for all the girls who are forced to marry and that justice will reveal for
them.
The story I read on Sunil’s life is very sad to hear. In a way I
feel like her character about standing up is related to my own character. I
always stand up for myself and help others. Sunil did the right thing by
threatening her parents to report them to the police.
To learn about these stories really inspires how different my
life is in Belize.