1. By Minhthu Date: 11/10/2015

2. Background Author: Nujood Ali with Delphine Minoui Location: Yemen is an Arab country in Southwest Asia Population :24.41 million(2013 Language: Arabic

3. Yemen’s map

4. Can anyone guess what they are doing?

5. What does child marriage affect? Mentally Education Physically:

6. Mentally “ My mind was made up: I’d do whatever I had to. I was ready to climb mountains to keep finding myself lying on that mat again, night after night, all alone against that monster”(101)  Innocent and mature  Childhood  Responsibilities

7. Education “ I was forced to leave school during my second year, right before my nightmare”.(17)  Lacking of education 1.Less skills and opportunities 2.Poverty 3.Blurred futures.

8. Physically Quote: “ Because my husband beats me”(42)  Child Abuse  Children rights  Health Problems 1.Pregnancy : it is because they have less experiences to family planning. 2.HIV/AIDS

9. Facts Child marriage is common in Yemen 15% of girl are married by 15 and 50% before 18 Between 2010 and 2020, it is estimated that 142 million girls will marry as children. Girls who give birth before the age of 15 are five times more to die in childbirth than women in their 20s. Over 60%t of child brides in developing countries have had no formal education Worldwide, an estimated 51 million girls younger than 18 are forced to be marry.

10. Yemen is in top of 20 countries with a highest rates of child marriage.

11. Yemen’s wedding

13. Nujood

14. Works cites http://www.unicef.org/media/media_68114.h tml http://www.unicef.org/media/media_68114.h tml http://www.girlsnotbrides.org/reports-and- publications/child-early-and-forced-marriage- and-the-control-of-sexuality-and- reproduction/