Girls rights

Nineteen-year-old Sonita Alizadeh was just 10 and an Afghan refugee in Iran when her parents first tried to sell her into marriage. Now, through defiantly eloquent rap music, she protests against the practice of child bridesThe post The teen who escaped child marriage by rapping about it appeared first on Positive News.

The US state of Virginia is among those taking steps to outlaw child marriage, with progress in Africa tooThe post Global progress to outlaw child marriage appeared first on Positive News.