Child Marriage

Intern Article: Malala – Education Key To Girl’s Future

Education lacks for young children especially for girls in Pakistan, the country has the second highest number of children not having the opportunity for an education. On July twelfth, 1997, Malala Yousafzai was born in Mingora, a city in Swat Valley Pakistan. As young girl she [continue reading].

Kenya: Maasai Cricket Warriors Fighting For Women’s Rights

A Maasai Warriors cricket team batsman wearing traditional robes and cricket pads. (Photo: Heavy Soul Films)

The traditional life of a Maasai warrior in Kenya involves learning how to hunt and herd cattle. One group of Maasai warriors have now learnt a surprising new skill – playing cricket – and they’ve formed a team. Their captain, Sonyanga Weblen Ole Ngais told Matthew [continue reading].

Short Video: Maasai Warriors Use Cricket To Empower Youth

maaasala cricket females cover video - Francis Ole Meshame has swapped his spear for a bat. He told the BBC that cricket would be a good game for Maasai warriors, because bowling was very similar to throwing spears.

Maasai Warriors from the Laikipia region in Kenya have exchanged their spears for cricket bats and they are using cricket as a vehicle to empower youth and to target social problems in order to bring about positive change in their communities. “Concentrating on cricket [continue reading].

World: Indonesia Swims Against Tide on Child Marriage

Indonesia's Child Brides: Girls who marry at a young age are unlikely to stay in school, and more likely to live in poverty.

In recent years, one of the bright spots on women’s rights globally has been growing awareness of how harmful child marriage is — and increasing efforts by countries around the world to end it. Sadly, not in Indonesia. The Constitutional Court missed a chance last month to [continue reading].

(Graphic 18+) Iraq: Sisters Sold To ISIS Fighter At Ages 17 And 10

An aid worker shares a harrowing account from one teenager ‘gang-raped, beaten and scalded with boiling water in nine-month ordeal’. A Yazidi teenager who was sold to an Isis fighter has described how she was beaten and gang-raped on a daily basis in a harrowing [continue reading].