Yemen's human rights minister wants to have child marriage outlawed after an 8 year old girl was reported dead of internal injuries that happened o n her wedding night. A reporter released that a girl named Rawan from Hardh, Yemen had died a days after being married to a 40 year old man. So many people were just horrified and outraged which rose people against the controversial issue of child marriage that is still llegal in Yemen. The believed cause of her death was internal bleeding which they believe is from sexual intercourse that tore her uterus and other organs. Officials though are still denying the story. Many Yemenis are forced to sell off their little girls to wealthy older men. Though when Rawans father was brought in for questioning he brought in a little girl who is named Rawan. most people are thinking that the girl was buried secretly. In Yemen over half the girls are married before they are 18 and about 14% are married before 15.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/15/world/meast/yemen-child-bride/index.html?hpt=hp_t5
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