This Is What It Looks Like When 14 Million Girls Don’t Get To Be Girls

You know what I was at 10 years old? An obnoxious fifth-grader who loved her Skip-It. You know what I wasn’t? A bride. Every year, 14 million girls all over the world aren’t so lucky.

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Oct 29, 2013

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