Nojoud Gets Divorce
Remember Nojoud, who at age 8 sought a divorce from her 30 year-old husband? Before she was old enough to need acne treatment she was married off and forced to endure rape and beatings at the hands of a man almost 4 times her age.
Well, apparently Nohoud’s real name is Nujood Ali and the original [...]
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Couple Allegedly Dumps Twin Girls in Hopes of Having a Boy
Christine from The Passionate Ailurophile wrote that an older couple living in Britain went to India to have an IVF procedure, which resulted in twins. When the twin girls were born via C-Section, the parents reportedly told the hospital staff they didn’t want them and wondered when the mother would be fit to have [...]
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Nojoud, Age: 8, Seeks Divorce
I found a really heart-wrenching article at Pharyngula today. He links to an article about a young (8 years old) Yemen girl who is going to court on her own behalf to get a divorce.
SANA’A, April 9 - An eight-year-old girl decided last week to go the Sana’a West Court to prosecute her father, who [...]
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