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New Yemen charter could ban child marriage

In Yemen, girls as young as eight are routinely forced to marry men up to five times their age. Now the body drafting the country's constitution wants to end child marriage and make 18 the minimum age.

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But some clerics and tribal leaders say they will block the motion.

Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra reports from the capital, Sana'a.

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