Rough Draft
LaMonica C. Flippen
Campbell
English 12 / Period 4
16 October 2014
Twelve and Married… It is mid-summer in Maradi, Niger and little 12 year-old Okiwinsstea has just found out that her mother and father has arranged her marriage. Okiwinsstea will get married tomorrow morning to a 45 year-old man who paid 2 nomads and 258.35 West African CFA franc (which is equivalent to 0.50 US dollar) for her when she was just 4 years old. Everyday millions of young girls around the world become child brides. Child marriages can take place for numerous reasons. Many arranged child marriages have to do with poverty, education, citizenship, family traditions, and most of all religious beliefs. In some case young brides become victims of human trafficking. Girls around the world are affected by child marriage; specifically how cultural norms in other countries differ from those of the United States and the impact of human trafficking on child marriage. Child marriage is an international problem that has been in existents for many centuries. For some religious groups, child marriage is a tradition; they fail to realize that this practice can be very harmful and life threating.
An arranged child marriage is when the groom or bride have no say so in their marriage that their family members planned or agreed to. Girls and boys are affected by arranged child marriages, however girls are relatively indeed impacted the most. Child marriage has an impact on the child’s: health, education, and mentally and physical toll on the body. The health of a young bride could become very deadly
The impact of child marriage may continue to go unnoticed, it is unquestionably evident that many young girls experience negative repercussions.
In overseas counties people of many religious groups cultivate the idea of child marriages; which is controversial in other religious communities who are against it. The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) expressed in their Child Marriage article that Sani Ahmed
Campbell
English 12 / Period 4
16 October 2014
Twelve and Married… It is mid-summer in Maradi, Niger and little 12 year-old Okiwinsstea has just found out that her mother and father has arranged her marriage. Okiwinsstea will get married tomorrow morning to a 45 year-old man who paid 2 nomads and 258.35 West African CFA franc (which is equivalent to 0.50 US dollar) for her when she was just 4 years old. Everyday millions of young girls around the world become child brides. Child marriages can take place for numerous reasons. Many arranged child marriages have to do with poverty, education, citizenship, family traditions, and most of all religious beliefs. In some case young brides become victims of human trafficking. Girls around the world are affected by child marriage; specifically how cultural norms in other countries differ from those of the United States and the impact of human trafficking on child marriage. Child marriage is an international problem that has been in existents for many centuries. For some religious groups, child marriage is a tradition; they fail to realize that this practice can be very harmful and life threating.
An arranged child marriage is when the groom or bride have no say so in their marriage that their family members planned or agreed to. Girls and boys are affected by arranged child marriages, however girls are relatively indeed impacted the most. Child marriage has an impact on the child’s: health, education, and mentally and physical toll on the body. The health of a young bride could become very deadly
The impact of child marriage may continue to go unnoticed, it is unquestionably evident that many young girls experience negative repercussions.
In overseas counties people of many religious groups cultivate the idea of child marriages; which is controversial in other religious communities who are against it. The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) expressed in their Child Marriage article that Sani Ahmed