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	Child Marriage

Deepti

4-10-2007 2:49 AM

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marriage, children, girls, child, crime, abuse, death, ill treatment

Deepti says:

A very good resource on the worldwide prevalence of child marriage. Source also has a section containing stories of young girls who went through this....

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