In the Heart of Ethiopia, Child Marriage Takes a Brutal Toll. Paul Salopek.
by Salopek, Paul; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 27Family. Publisher: Chicago Tribune, 2004ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Amhara (African people) | Arranged marriage | Child marriage | Ethiopia -- Social life and customs | Human rights -- EthiopiaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Tihun Nebiyu the goat herder doesn't want to marry. She is adamant about this. But in her village nobody heeds the opinions of headstrong little girls." (CHICAGO TRIBUNE) This article reveals the plight of the estimated 50 million child brides around the world: "Coerced by family and culture into lives of servility and isolation, and scarred by the trauma of too-early pregnancy, child brides represent a vast, lost generation of children."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: In the Heart of Ethiopia, Child Marriage Takes a Brutal Toll, Dec. 20, 2004; pp. n.p..
"Tihun Nebiyu the goat herder doesn't want to marry. She is adamant about this. But in her village nobody heeds the opinions of headstrong little girls." (CHICAGO TRIBUNE) This article reveals the plight of the estimated 50 million child brides around the world: "Coerced by family and culture into lives of servility and isolation, and scarred by the trauma of too-early pregnancy, child brides represent a vast, lost generation of children."
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