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Boy, 8, 'Marries' 61-Year-Old Mother-Of-Five (Because His Dead Ancestors Said So)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 12.03.2013 | UK
Read More: Tshwane, South Africa, Underage Marriage, Child-Weddings, Helen Shabangu, Child Marriage, Sanele Masilela, UK News

An eight-year-old schoolboy has ‘married’ a 61-year-old woman in Tshwane, South Africa. Sanele Masilela tied the knot with Helen Shabangu, who...

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Why the Battle Against Forced Marriage Needs to Go Global

Jasvinder Sanghera | Posted 28.01.2012 | UK
Read More: UK World, Cairo, Forced Marriage, Karma Nirvana, Outlawing Underage Marriage, Developing World, Underage Marriage, Plan, Because I Am a Girl, UK News
Jasvinder Sanghera

At 15 I made the life-changing decision to run away from home, when I realised my parents intended to have me marry a man I had never met. The fate that befell my four older sisters - who were all trapped in volatile marriages - was something I simply could not stomach nor contemplate.

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