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Yemen confronts plight of child brides: Widespread poverty and deep-rooted tradition keep young girls at risk for early marriage.

Date: August 22, 2008

Author: Ginny Hill

QUOTE: UNICEF warns that soaring inflation rates and high food prices threaten to turn increasing numbers of young girls into child brides, as families struggle to survive.

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• First Church of Christ, Scientist The
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
• United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Abstract Principles
  • Control / Access / Permission

• Family & Friends & Interpersonal
  • Domestic Abuse / Children's Rights / Foster Care & Guardianship
  • Family
    • Family: Nuclear (general)
      • Marriage/Committed Relationships (societal aspects)
      • Young Child-Parents

• Social Sciences & Groups
  • Tribes/Clans
  • Women-Men Issues

• Middle East
  • Yemen

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