The Evils of Girl Child Marriage

Child marriage is child abuse. It is an injustice that deprives young girls of the chance of getting educated. Child marriage often results in the loss of the opportunity to realise a future as independent women who are in charge of their destinies.

Child marriage deprives the world of talent. Think about it, among the many child brides could be that person that would have discovered the cure for a particular disease or brokered peace deals between warring communities, and many could have gone on create solutions that would impact their communites for good. All that disappears with child marriage.

Child marriage in poor countries is the greatest contributing factor in a woman developing fistula. These injuries associated with child birth by children, result in the girls and women being ostracised from their communities because of their incontinence. These cases could be largely avoided if child marriage was stoped.

Child marriage is one of the factors that underpins gender discrimination.  Young girls who are married off as children are unlikely to get educated. Uneducated women typically don't know about their rights and even if they did, they would find it nigh impossible to assert those rights in their communities because they depend on others for survival. They can only survive by  remaining quiet.

Child marriage is theft, theft of possibilities  and opportunities that young girls could have. Unfortunately, this is the reality for many girls, but it doesn't have to continue. 

Let's stand together to say no to child marriage. Let us tell all the young girls we know that marriage is not the ultimate achievement. Encourage them to be more for themselves,  to aspire for excellence and use their natural talents to thrive and contribute to their communities.

Watch Run, a documentary on girl child marriage here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RUN.webmu