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Aleida Ruiz: a 15-year-old in Oaxaca takes on violence against women Her newest focus is the issue of child marriage in Oaxaca
Published on Thursday, March 4, 2021
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A 15-year-old activist, feminist, dancer and writer in Oaxaca is living proof that it’s never too early to start working toward a more peaceful and equitable world.
While many teenagers might not have much of an idea of what they want to do with their lives, Aleida Ruiz Sosa already has a clear vision for hers: she wants to do all that she can to eradicate violence against girls and women on top of fighting for equality and women’s rights more broadly.
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Young Pakistani Activist Hadiqa Bashir Fights Forced Child Marriage Arshad Mehmood
Bashir works in Swat Valley, until recently a Pakistani Taliban stronghold
[Islamabad] Hadiqa Bashir, 19, has been actively working against early and forced marriages for the last eight years in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, once a hotbed of the Pakistani Taliban.
For years, the Taliban broadcasted threats on the radio to intimidate girls into not attending school. The militants controlled the entire valley from 2007 to 2009, when the Pakistani Army retook the area.
Bashir has taken on the challenge of ending child marriage in a community where it is the norm and where girls can be offered for marriage in exchange for settling disputes.