In America girls are married off as late as 40 but in other countries this is not the case. Such as India. Getting married early is a tradition.So that’s why children over there are getting married as early as nine. Well, in India this is very common. Children from ages ten to eighteen are getting married when they are still in school. In fact woman named Pulmati Devi was married at ten years old. To defy tradition is almost a crime and very few remain single during there teen age years. But a girl named Rekha Kumari did just that. How? She was found by a organization called PathFinder. There mission is to teach girls about reproductive organs and marriage. PathFinder has helped over a hundred nations with this issue. Anyway her mother agreed to let her not get married as long as she could pay for her studies. Rekha Kumari agreed to this and now tutors twenty kids in her village and gets payed ten dollars a month which has payed for her studies. Rakha Kumari wishes when she graduates she wants to teach girls about reproductive organs and marriage just like Pathfinder taught her. But more and more are staying single but this is still an issue all over the world.
By: Danielle E.
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3 comments:
That was an interesting story. You need to work on your spelling skills. What other countries have little girls marry at young age?
Nice story!!I like all the details & info.
wow thats amazing and very interesting great detils keep up the great work
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