A 13-year-old girl wrote a heartbreaking letter begging not to be forced into marriage
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Natasha Noman
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In the lead-up to her arranged marriage, a 13-year-old girl in India wrote a letter begging the principal of her school to save her from becoming a child bride. ICRW’s Suzanne Petroni, senior director, gender, population and development spoke to Mic about the harmful practice of child marriage and its devastating effects.
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