Child Marriage in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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  • Author(s): Bushell, Andrew
  • Source:
    America Magazine: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture. 3/11/2002, Vol. 186 Issue 8, p12. 3p. 3 Color Photographs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      CHILD marriage; MARRIAGE age; CHILDREN; EDUCATION
    • Subject Terms:
      MIDDLE East
    • Abstract:
      Discusses the traditions of arranging marriages for children in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The large numbers of children under the age of ten who are married, then sent back to live with their parents until puberty; The profound physical, intellectual, psychological and emotional consequences of child marriage; Destruction of opportunities for education.