Thursday, July 14, 2005

Reuters AlertNet - AFGHANISTAN: Child marriage still widespread: "Nearly 60 percent of marriages in Afghanistan involve girls below the legal age of 16, according to reports from the Ministry of Women's Affairs and NGOs. Some girls are married as young as nine."
Are some "cultural norms" not ok? I think so and I think this is one of them.

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