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CHILD BRIDES
 
UN Study focus of WUNRN
Juridical Aspects
A.International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights
B.1.CEDAW
    2.Convention on the Rights of the Child
 
Factual Aspects
B.Women's Health
C.Status in the Family
   C.2.Practices linked to marriage and divorce
      113.(a)Child marriage
      114. Child marriage........"Early marriage leads to early motherhood and problems with
              health, education, and life expectancy."
              (b) Consent to marriage  
E.Right to Dignity
  2.Rape & Sexual Abuse 
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NEW YORK TIMES
 
http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?frow=0&n=10&srcht=s&query=%22Asia+Pacific%22&srchst=m&hdlquery=&bylquery=&daterange=full&mon1=01&day1=01&year1=1981&mon2=07&day2=12&year2=2006&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
 
IT IS ESSENTIAL TO CLICK THE ABOVE LINK TO VIEW THE PHOTOS - SLIDE SHOW.
 
The Link will take you to the Multimedia Search Page, and the following Item 2.
 
From the WEBSITE LINK, click to Photos: Child Brides, and you will see a selection of photos of Child Brides in Afghanistan, with captions about the realities of their situations.
 
Photos: Child Brides

Photos: Child Brides

In Afghanistan, some daughters sent off to be married are just children.

July 6, 2006 - (NYT) - Magazine - Slide Show
 
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