What's driving the sky-high child marriage rates in South Sudan
- Written by Katrina Lee-Koo, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Monash University
Last month, a Sudanese court sentenced a 19-year-old woman to death for killing her husband who had repeatedly raped her. The prosecution of Noura Hussein, forcibly married at the age of 16, has triggered global outrage and drawn attention to the millions of girls worldwide who are married against their will.
A high-profile campaign has been...
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