Comments on: Turning the Tide: Part 1 http://brokendreams.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/turning-the-tide-part-1/ Violence against Women Exposed Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:15:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Tomas Eric Nordlander http://brokendreams.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/turning-the-tide-part-1/#comment-6272 Tomas Eric Nordlander Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:18:50 +0000 http://brokendreams.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/turning-the-tide-part-1/#comment-6272 Present time, child marriage is a curse in the global society. Child marriage is a violation of human rights. In most cases young girls get married off to significantly older men when they are still children. Child marriages must be viewed within a context of force and coercion, involving pressure and emotional blackmail, and children that lack the choice or capacity to give their full consent. Child marriage must therefore always be considered forced marriage because valid consent is absent - and often considered unnecessary. Child marriage is common practice in India, Niger, Bangladesh, Pakistan Guinea, Burkina Faso, Africa and Nepal,where mostly girls are married below the age of 18. Child marriage has its own worse effect on the young girls, society, her children and health. Young girls who get married will most likely be forced into having sexual intercourse with their, usually much older, husbands. This has severe negative health consequences as the girl is often not psychologically, physically and sexually mature. Child brides are likely to become pregnant at an early age and there is a strong correlation between the age of a mother and maternal mortality and morbidity. Girls aged 11-13 are five times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than women aged 20-24 and girls aged 15-19 are twice as likely to die. The above is an extract from Arun Kumar essay "Child Marriage as an Human Rights Issue". This essay was ranked among the top ten essay in Human Rights Defence's Essay competition 2008. If you would like to read more, visit: www.humanrightsdefence.org Yours sincerely, Tomas Eric Nordlander HumanRightsDefence Present time, child marriage is a curse in the global society. Child marriage is a violation of human rights. In most cases young girls get married off to significantly older men when they are still children. Child marriages must be viewed within a context of force and coercion, involving pressure and emotional blackmail, and children that lack the choice or capacity to give their full consent. Child marriage must therefore always be considered forced marriage because valid consent is absent – and often considered unnecessary. Child marriage is common practice in India, Niger, Bangladesh, Pakistan Guinea, Burkina Faso, Africa and Nepal,where mostly girls are married below the age of 18.
Child marriage has its own worse effect on the young girls, society, her children and health. Young girls who get married will most likely be forced into having sexual intercourse with their, usually much older, husbands. This has severe negative health consequences as the girl is often not psychologically, physically and sexually mature. Child brides are likely to become pregnant at an early age and there is a strong correlation between the age of a mother and maternal mortality and morbidity. Girls aged 11-13 are five times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than women aged 20-24 and girls aged 15-19 are
twice as likely to die.

The above is an extract from Arun Kumar essay “Child Marriage as an Human Rights Issue”. This essay was ranked among the top ten essay in Human Rights Defence’s Essay competition 2008. If you would like to read more, visit: http://www.humanrightsdefence.org

Yours sincerely,

Tomas Eric Nordlander
HumanRightsDefence

]]> By: Sicily http://brokendreams.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/turning-the-tide-part-1/#comment-6132 Sicily Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:26:59 +0000 http://brokendreams.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/turning-the-tide-part-1/#comment-6132 I am a rape victim and since my rape the sickness in our culture has been revealed to me. I decided to go back to school for Women's Studies to try and be a part of the solution to end violence against women. Talking about sexual violence is huge. I made a video talking about it... so that I might be able to win a scholarship for my education as I fight the good fight. Check it out at Trugo.com - http://video.trugo.com/ My video is in the College Contest section and it is called "Christy's Tuition Contest Video" If you can please vote for the video too. The winner is purely decided by the votes. You need to sign up for a user name with Trugo… but it is really easy. If I can win this scholarship. I can work to encourage people to talk about ending violence against women. I know the pain of victim blaming. I know what it is like to lose friends who just want me to get over it. I know how difficult the justice system is. I really believe we must work to change the culture. We have a ton of work to do... But I am an activist now for life. Thanks and Peace. I am a rape victim and since my rape the sickness in our culture has been revealed to me. I decided to go back to school for Women’s Studies to try and be a part of the solution to end violence against women. Talking about sexual violence is huge.

I made a video talking about it… so that I might be able to win a scholarship for my education as I fight the good fight.

Check it out at Trugo.com – http://video.trugo.com/
My video is in the College Contest section and it is called “Christy’s Tuition Contest Video”

If you can please vote for the video too. The winner is purely decided by the votes. You need to sign up for a user name with Trugo… but it is really easy.

If I can win this scholarship. I can work to encourage people to talk about ending violence against women.

I know the pain of victim blaming. I know what it is like to lose friends who just want me to get over it. I know how difficult the justice system is. I really believe we must work to change the culture. We have a ton of work to do… But I am an activist now for life. Thanks and Peace.

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