UNFPA ESARO | Cast from her home: fourteen-year-old girl rejects mother's demands to marry man aged 35
ABIM DISTRICT, Northern Uganda – Fourteen-year-old Ruth* dreams of becoming a pilot, but last year she discovered her mother's plans to marry her off – to a man more than twice her age. This spelled disaster for her aspirations, as girls who marry while in school usually fall pregnant and drop out, ending their education and jeopardising their health.