![]() Pictures of child brides These child brides are Christian, Hindu etc. ![]() The Muslim religious authorities got the law repealed as they say that it is up to the parents to decide when to sell marry off their daughters. She changed it from Nujood which means hidden to Nujoom, "stars in the sky" because she loved to look up into the vastness and count the twinkling stars.Ĩ Sept 2013 update: Yemini child bride aged 8 dies of internal injuries on her wedding night to a man of 40 Nujood got the law changed to make 17 the minimum age for marriage. I hope her little girls are safe from child marriage. Nujoom is now about 22 and was married at 15 and has two little girls. ![]() As Nujood's father said in court, "Women are just a curse" so why not use them for what value you can get? He used the money earmarked for Ali's education to buy two new wives for himself. Her father has also sold her younger sister, Haifa into marriage to a much older man. Feb 2020 update In 2013 Ali reported to the media that her father had forced her out of their home, and has withheld most of the money ($1,000 per month) paid by the publishers. ![]()
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