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DW Reporter - Too Young To Say I Do - Child Marriage In Indonesia January 26, 2019

For a chance to win one of three like a cameras follow us on instagram tag and post your pics using tash takes our house one hundred so get snapping. My gold terms and conditions at the w documentary on instagram. They have the i wanted to run away to kill myself. And was married off at the age of eleven and became pregnant soon afterwards she also suffered the puce of the hearns of her mother in law today even iran is fighting to prevent other indonesian children from suffering a similar fate or that they. Do. Even ryan as the first woman in a village to talk openly about her experience. To talk openly about the trauma of being hunted over to a strange family as a defenseless child bride and of giving birth at the age of thirteen. Eva now the memories are painful but shes determined to tell her story not least because it helps her work through it. I dont. Mind that it only became pregnant when i was still a child myself i didnt understand what had happened after that i couldnt run away because of the baby. She was treated like a slave and became pregnant the second time. After modern law died and her two children had left home and decided to educate young girls in her village about Child Marriage. Who is fifteen years younger than even ryan i became her first pupil she just needs to take her fate in her own hands evil told her. Together to learn evil rand began talking to more and more women initially they were all local. Women such as she was married off at the age of twelve because shed fallen in love with a boy and had taken a walk with and. After she was married she couldnt go to school anymore and she was beaten and abused in her new home its a faith that befalls many girls in rural indonesia. And. I had always dreamt of having a job always the marriage was a terrible mistake. And afterwards i was no longer allowed to go to school. And she became pregnant her baby was born with a disability today or mother looks after him. He has a rare blood disease just as uterus was not yet fully developed when she became pregnant. Her son has to have regular infusions and neither is the nor her mother can afford the medical attention he needs. And i dont have any money to pay for the trip to the hospital. Doesnt get a penny from the boys father because she left him. Not me. Im the only one whos here for her. But theres not much i can do. As a leader. Theres not much evil one can do either in the villages of lombok divorces out of the question young women who get beaten simply have to do as theyre told boys are taught from an early age that its a mans world. They are very in with is what so sad is that her child is terminally ill. And its because she was married at such a young age every campaign and before her body was ready. Im sad to be sad in this case all we can do is advise her to stay officially married. To me the worst thing is that she had to drop out of school. I mean she doesnt stand a chance of leading an independent life the waters are not. Even heard about a Government Initiative the supports projects such as theirs. That have some backing at a pittance to travel about the region raising awareness of the cruelty of Child Marriage these days evil has no problem speaking openly about her own experience. Man ill go look at me im a perfect example theres nothing i would have wanted more than to carry a school bag get an education and be able to stand on my own two feet yes. But that will never happen only because i was stupid enough to let my. Being married off i cannot live the life i want money i mean in this time. Then the two activists showed video they shot with a team of amateur filmmakers is the story of their lives and the lives of many of the young girls who are here today a story of humiliation and humanity. For them. But at least this film has a happy ending one that hopefully will inspire the audience. Some of the rescues or daughter from an unhappy marriage conference or and publicly denounce as her husband this cowardly and brutal the screening is a huge success. Even the young man in the audience appreciate it which means a lot to do that and the. Other yet you did add that we need to educate the boys first even little boys have more say than girls and if the boys refuse to marry thats already progress and how. Hard is that if things are going to change that they need to be told that women dont want those. You know my neck at that there was women wont be listen to. You that. Even ryan and see themselves as competitors for the rights of young girls and none pock many others have joined their fight on the neighboring island of cement up they visit a project thats unique in the region a school where girls can get a Free Education so long as their parents officially promise not to marry them off when theyre still underage but you activists have read about the project online and are keen to find out more. Approximately four hundred girls live in the Muslim Boarding School thats fine and with donations. In the school yard the older girls and some pocket money selling homemade snacks its part of a School Project its a way of teaching the girls that they can be independent and perhaps when they set themselves up in business. Even rhiannon arranged to meet with the principal but shes busy so while they wait they chat with the girls in the school yard. Who has never seen a Girls Boarding School and cant quite grasp the concept. And then she asks if there are boys here and the girls ever come in contact with boys. That it was a girl say they see them in the distance sometimes. Even ryan introduces herself and get straight to the point the other day i must never forget how fortunate you are to be here now you have an opportunity to take control of your lives do it stay strong and be patient while we continue our fight for you outside. It wont be easy to win that fight in the islands of in the news you more than seventy percent of girls are married off when theyre on their age sometimes theyre as young as eight or nine. The school is a chance to escape that fates. School principal dead works tirelessly on behalf of the girls shes played a key role in reducing the rates of Child Marriage in the region by twenty percent. The day im deeply troubled by the practice of Child Marriage in many cases it happened simply because families are poor and they dont know any better but theyre destroying these girls futures and only damaging themselves my mission is to bring about change and i work night and day to achieve that goal one thing and. Shes on her way back to the school to meet and to write on. Their weekly five invites them on to the verandah her open air office this is also where she meets the families of her students. The School Principal is looking forward to meeting the two campaigners from the neighboring islands theyre all working towards the same goal. And that even riain tells her how helpless she and her often feel when they hear about cases of girls being beaten by their husbands the rotten powerless to intervene their way advises them to turn to the police to enlist their help in rescuing girls from these situations. But a bomb must have been and from one where women have to support one another we need to be confident and make sure our daughters get the best possible education having am right that we women need to raise our voices and speak our minds and Work Together to ensure things change and commanding and one day and. She also points out that islam does not justify the girls treatment. There is nothing in the quran that excuses the oppression of women. The principal encourages the girls and their muslim faith and instills in them a sense of selfconfidence. That im a big and heavy. Principal asks who wants to be a doctor one day. Was the teach the girls courage so that they can lead selfdetermined lives. A school like this would have changed irans life. Eva would like to see Something Like this on her own island you know not a sign out makes me both happy and sad thats when i wish i could turn back time and start all over again but im glad such a school exists and. Like the School Principal the women from the book see mistreatment of women as a cultural not a religious practice. And that it doesnt say anywhere in the koran that women may not have businesses mohammads wife was a business woman a woman me. Even in hopes that more and more women will realize how important it is to be independent only then will there be an end to the patriarchal system still in place and were indonesia systems that rob young girls of their futures. All. Ready for something called america life. How about some ingenious recipes. Drawbacks clock cards. Master chef from all over europe producing treasurers. Euro max next. Reliable day is. Destined for classics to. All the old. The music so long dated. And extravagant didnt. Really know their stuff. Grooves. With. And still punished. With sessions from around the world. Starts february second song d. Double. The. High in a very well welcome to the show heres whats coming up today we stopped in a winter one that led. 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