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Divorced Before Puberty: Former Child Bride Details Marriage at Age 10 in New Book

by Amy Hatch, Posted Mar 5th 2010 10:30AM

Divorced at age 10. Credit: Amazon
Nujood Ali walked into a Yemeni courtroom and asked to see a judge, because she wanted a divorce. This may seem like a common tale of marital dissolution, but Nujood Ali was just 10 years old when she defied ...
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World's Youngest Divorcee Takes On Paris and a Real Childhood

by Amy Hatch, Posted Feb 5th 2009 2:00PM

In an act of courage driven by despair and fear, Nujood Ali walked out on her abusive marriage last February, after suffering daily beatings and rape at the hands of her husband. A sad story, but not a unique story, right? Wrong. Nujood is only 10 ...
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Arranging Marriages in Pre-School

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jan 28th 2009 9:00AM

I am one hundred percent opposed to arranged marriages, especially when they involve children. That said, however, I can't help but consider marriages for my kids. Mind you, I'm not serious, but I have thought "what if she grows up and marries him -- ...
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8-Year-Old Too Young to Divorce

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Dec 24th 2008 9:00AM

A Saudi court has decided that an 8-year-old girl is too young to file for divorce. She is not, however, too young to be married. How is that for mixed up? The child was married off to an (obviously) older man by her father for an $8,000 dowry. ...
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Follow-up: Marry our daughter

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Sep 18th 2007 7:33AM

As many of our readers figured out, the website Marry Our Daughter that I mentioned previously is a hoax. Well, not exactly a hoax as the intent was not really to defraud anyone, but it was designed to bring attention to the issue of marriage laws in ...
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Marry our daughter -- selling teen brides

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Sep 5th 2007 2:56PM

Now and then, we all come across a website that we really hope is a joke, but we're not quite sure. Marry Our Daughter is one of them. If it turns out to be the real thing, I suspect it is legal, at least in some parts of the US, but I have to say ...
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