Submitted on Tuesday 16th October 2012
Published on Tuesday 23rd October 2012
Current status: Closed
Closed: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
Signatures: 21
action against child brides
Each year, worldwide as many as 10 million children as young as 6 are being forced to marry men as old as 60.
They are often forced into marriage in order to end poverty for their families where drugs and crime often co exist.
Child marriage is often viewed as a social necessity within a culture but in many cases it amounts to sexual abuse, violence and explotation of children often having devastating effects on their mental health.
Imagine if this was your son or daughter.
Please sign this e-petition to raise awareness of this issue in order to urge policy makers to enact and enforce laws against child marriage. Please forward it to as many people as you know in order that we can end this atrocity.
You can't sign this petition because it is now closed. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
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