British Child Bride: I Was Forced To Marry At The Age of Five
I was forced to marry at FIVE – while living in UK: Horrific story of the British child bride
Victim tells how her childhood was shockingly ended by the ceremony she mistook for a birthday party
Forced abroad to live with her husband in Pakistan, she suffered years of abuse before finally finding the strength to seek a divorce
Now a successful entrepreneur, she wants to show girls in her position there is light at the end of the tunnel
A successful businesswoman has told of her agony after being forced into an abusive marriage at the age of five – despite living in Britain. Samina Shah, who is now in her 40s and too frightened to reveal her real name, spoke out after revelations that Britain’s Forced Marriage Unit had handled the case of another five-year-old girl last year. READ MORE HERE
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World turning blind eye to 10 million child brides each year
---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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