When Women Have Equal Rights, It's Amazing How Many Other Problems Are Resolved

25,000 young girls are forcibly married every day. That's 10 million girls every year. EVERY. YEAR. Kids that young should be playing pretend wedding. Not ACTUALLY getting married.

The first half of the video is depressingly depressing, so if you want to skip that, jump straight to 1:27 to hear all the ways ending the tradition of child brides will benefit women and all the ways empowering women will help improve society for everyone.
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25,000 young girls are forcibly married every day. That's 10 million girls every year. EVERY. YEAR. Kids that young should be playing pretend wedding. Not ACTUALLY getting married.

The first half of the video is depressingly depressing, so if you want to skip that, jump straight to 1:27 to hear all the ways ending the tradition of child brides will benefit women and all the ways empowering women will help improve society for everyone.

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