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A Child Bride

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A Child Bride

Aerial view of long horns cows in a Mundari tribe cattle camp, Central Equatoria, Terekeka, South Sudan. (Photo by Eric Lafforgue / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP)
BONDAGE

‘I am scared my parents will marry me off against my will’

As a girl child, I am valuable to my family. When they tried to marry me off, I ran away. But now I am back home. In a country where girls have few rights

  • A Child Bride
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