43 minutes agoNine-year-old saved from being sold to an elderly man in Afghanistan
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Nine-year-old Parwana Malik, has been saved from early marriage. Last month, Afghans had been forcibly married from family to an elderly person under the guise of terrible financial conditions. Parwana was saved by “Too Young to Wed”, this organization that deals with the emancipation of girls and the ban on early marriages. Along with my mother, [...]
Along with my mother, siblings, Parwana moved to a safe place.
Officials of this organization have said that they will do their utmost to prevent early marriages so that girls can attend their schooling and future.
For four years, the juvenile family lived in a camp in Badgis province, surviving with only one dollar a day. But life deteriorated since the Taliban took power on August 15th. Since that day the economy has collapsed.
