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Did you know that in some countries girls are married off and taking care of a home by the time they are 15 or even 14? I can't imagine that!

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I met and worked with a Pakistani woman this summer and that was the case! She was "shipped" from London back to Pakistan with her 5 sisters to be married off when she was 15. Her husband was abusive (as had been her parents) and it took her 15-20 years to convince him to emigrate to the US where she knew she could get a divorce. As soon as she got her citizenship she took her children to a womens shelter and filed for divorce and is now "free" and persuing her education (I met her at a University function) and doing quite well :-)