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Despite numerous campaigns from many of the world's largest charities and NGOs, the issue of child brides remains a global concern.
There are currently some 57.5 million child brides across the world, 40 per cent of which married in India. Forty-six per cent of women in India were married before the age of 18, according to the National Family Health Survey-3.
Meanwhile, in Africa, 42 per cent of girls were married before turning 18 compared to 29 per cent in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Last year, the U.S. State Department reported that “Saudi Arabia is a destination country for men and women subjected to forced labor and to a lesser extent, force prostitution.” The report also said that Saudi Arabia “does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so,” Raw Story reported.
ShaithisFerenczy
reply to post by alienreality
The quicker countries that support a sick culture like this are nuked off the map, the better.
beezzer
NarcolepticBuddha
beezzer
reply to post by kudegras
It is a terrible tragedy by our standards.
But only by our standards.
Not so. Death is a tragedy to everyone, globally, universally. We all feel this pain. No culture or group is an exception. This is where one needs to take a hard look at cultural norms and revise them.
No, it's not our place to judge other cultures, but it is their place to judge their own when lives are needlessly lost in this way!
edit on 10-9-2013 by NarcolepticBuddha because: (no reason given)
True. But we cannot force a mindset onto other cultures. Isn't that what everyone keeps saying? Western Imperialism. . . .blah blah blah.
We should mind our own business?
I can only hope that all other cultures find it as disgusting as we do.
ShaithisFerenczy
reply to post by alienreality
The quicker countries that support a sick culture like this are nuked off the map, the better.
NarcolepticBuddha
it's not our place to judge other cultures