Girls Held Back in Child Marriages
Publication Date
28 July 2010
Publication Author
Gary Feuerberg
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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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