CNN Around the World June 10, 2013 16:25:00
Forced into an arranged marriage. >> one in five girls gets married before the age of 15. the reason is really financial hardships. the family feels like they need to send the girl's off to another man's home so he can take care of her. >> when girls like maaka refuse to marry they suffer. >> without my con sent my parents forced me to get married. i said i do not want to go. when i refused to go my parents beat me. >> on her wedding night she ended up in the hospital. authorities got involved an she was went back to her family. her mother says she regrets forcing her to marry believing they b...
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