Just a reminder > 11 YEAR OLD YEMENI GIRL FLEES PARENTS TO AVOID FORCED MUSLIM MARRIAGE | SPEAKERS CORNER
FACEBOOK INSIDER: WHISTLEBLOWER EXPOSES WHO AND WHY THEY BAN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT-AIeY1Z24 #ISLAM #SPEAKERSCORNER #FORCEDMARRIAGE source
Just a reminder > UK foreign secretary and Yemen counterpart in Aden
(3 Mar 2019) Britain’s foreign secretary is warning of a collapse of peace deals in Yemen. Jeremy Hunt made his comments on Sunday during a visit to the southern city of Aden, the first to Yemen by a Western foreign minister since the start of the conflict in 2015. Yemeni Foreign Minister Khaled […]
Just a reminder > Demand for law to end child marriage
(3 Mar 2019) LEADIN: Female protesters have taken to the streets of Beirut to call for legislation to prevent marriage under the age of 18. STORYLINE: Despite the rain, hundreds of women are marching in solidarity, armed with brollies and banners. As they walk through the streets they chant the slogan: “Different causes, shared anger.” […]
Just a reminder >> ?? 19 million Yemeni children suffer malnutrition and illness l Al Jazeera English
A warning: Viewers may find some images in this report distressing. When Yemen’s warring sides agreed to stop fighting and withdraw their troops from a crucial port city, there was hope that more food and medicine would soon flow in. But with sporadic fighting has continued and there is growing despair for 19 million Yemenis […]
Five Most Dangerous Places for Adolescent Girls in 2019
“Around the world, adolescent girls are at risk of violence, discrimination and lack of equal opportunities.” IRC’s Nicole Behnam describes the five most dangerous places for adolescent girls in 2019. The International Rescue Committee helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. […]
Married at 3?! Yemeni families marry off their kids… to get food
The humanitarian crisis in war-torn Yemen is becoming deeper every day. With most of the country’s population on the brink of famine, some desperate families have resorted to marrying off their daughters, some of them as young as 3 years old, just to get food. RT LIVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFAcqaNzNSc Check out http://rt.com Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday […]
Just a reminder > Listen to the story of this 17-year-old activist fighting child marriage in Pakistan
In developing countries,1 in every 3 girls is married before the age of 18, and 1 in 9 girls is married before turning 15. Hadiqa Bashir, a girl activist from Girls United for Human Rights in Pakistan shares her journey towards becoming an advocate to end Child, Early and Forced Marriage. source
Just a reminder > Old man married his own daughter-in-law for pension
A sensational marriage in metro city of Guwahati has created controversy as the marriage is not a normal marriage. An old man has married his own daughter-in-law who is already married to the son of the old man. The old man’s wife who became a widower just few months ago hatched on this plan of […]
Just a reminder > Girls as young as THREE are being married off in Yemen, Oxfam claims
Girls as young as THREE are being married off in Yemen, Oxfam claims. Girls as young as three are being married off in war-stricken Yemen because their families are unable to afford to feed them, according to charity Oxfam. Starving Yemeni families have revealed how they have had no choice but to force their young […]
Just a reminder > Artist in Sanaa paints Yemen's famine
“Painting is a universal language.” This Yemeni artist is shedding light on the country’s famine through her murals in the country’s capital Sanaa. The war in Yemen has created the world’s `largest humanitarian crisis` with more than 5 million children at risk of famine. #Yemen #YemenWar #Famine Subscribe to our channel: http://ow.ly/AVlW30n1OWH Middle East Eye […]