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Child marriage in Yemen: a report for Norway's NRK

Child marriage is an old custom in Yemen that still survives. This report for NRK, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, looks at it.

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The harm it does to girls forced to marry young is well known. Less well understood is how the impoverishment caused by the conflict is increasing the number of child marriages.

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