“I don’t want to get married and have children, at least not anytime soon… I want to work and study. I don’t want to be like another girl I know who is 13 years old and already pregnant.”
Yuleni, 13, Venezuela
“I was forced to leave school in order to get married. I was very young then. I was divorced after eight months of my marriage. I wish other girls don’t suffer like me.’’
Madina, 14, Sudan
“My father made the decision to marry me off and I was not given any say at all. In fact, I did not even know about my marriage. It wasn’t until a woman came to my home, giving me money and a dress, and said, ‘you are now my daughter,’ that I realised what was happening. I was shocked, but my sisters advised me to stay silent.”
Sabina, Pakistan
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