Child brides: a Yemeni minister seeks a law to end child marriage
This video on child brides was published on YouTube on 21 July 2013. Its description quotes a BBC news report from Yemen.
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A minister seeks a law
On 13 September 2013, the BBC reported that a Yemeni minister was seeking a law to end child marriage.
Hooria Mashhour told the BBC she believed there was more chance than ever before of making progress on child marriage in Yemen.
Her words came amid an international outcry over reports that an eight-year-old girl had died of internal bleeding on her wedding night. She had been married to a 40-year-old man.
Poor families marrying off underage girls for money remains common in Yemen.
The uploader's view
The person who uploaded the video condemns the marriage of children in strong terms. The uploader calls it paedophilia and presents it as a custom across Muslim countries, including Afghanistan. These are the uploader's own views.