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Girls Held Back in Child Marriages

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Child Brides Widespread in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Wed, 07/28/2010
The Epoch Times
Gary Feuerberg

On July 15, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission held a hearing on Capitol Hill about the negative effects of child marriage and potential solutions. The Epoch Times reports on the hearing with quotes from ICRW’s Anju Malhotra, who explained how forced child marriage perpetuates the cycle of poverty in the developing world.

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