UNICEF and SAF Criticise Child Bride’s Death
A Yemeni human rights group, Sisters of Arab Forum (SAF), and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) say a 13-year-old Yemeni girl died three days after marrying a man twice her age, due to internal bleeding following sexual intercourse.
In a press statement, regional director for UNICEF, Sigrid Kaag, says UNICEF is ‘dismayed by the death of yet another child bride in Yemen’.
In another press statement, SAF has described Elham Mahdi Shoi (the deceased) as, “....a martyr of abuse of children's lives in Yemen and a clear example of what is justified by the lack of limits on the age of marriage."
Elham’s death comes amid ongoing debate on whether to set a minimum age for brides in Yemen, where human rights groups say one in every three girls is married before the age of 18.
To read the article titled, “Child bride died after sex – UNICEF,” click here.
In a press statement, regional director for UNICEF, Sigrid Kaag, says UNICEF is ‘dismayed by the death of yet another child bride in Yemen’.
In another press statement, SAF has described Elham Mahdi Shoi (the deceased) as, “....a martyr of abuse of children's lives in Yemen and a clear example of what is justified by the lack of limits on the age of marriage."
Elham’s death comes amid ongoing debate on whether to set a minimum age for brides in Yemen, where human rights groups say one in every three girls is married before the age of 18.
To read the article titled, “Child bride died after sex – UNICEF,” click here.
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Independent Online
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