Blog for change (New fashion - BodabagsFashion)

We did it! 'Day of the Girls... Marry only 18+  ‪#‎ stopchildmarriage‬  Our story got picked up by several media sources,  http://t.co/HhINcqNCGh My story: I do a campaign "18+: Ending Child Marriages in Southern Africa" 1 year long, that fights against this problem in Southern Africa and Asia. Why do I do this  campaign ?  Because 14 million children are married off involuntarily worldwide. Being married off is not the biggest problem, because there was once upon a time in the history, a nine-year-old son became king of the country - he got married, although he actually could decide only after the age of 18. I also know many married off educated ladies who are happily married. One of them was engaged for seven years, but the groom had contact with her only by phone. After the acquisition of her PgD she married and now they have a healthy daughter.   Here, in this case, 'involuntarily' is the big problem. Neither at the age...