Tasya's Story
While hunger pushes girls into child marriage, Tasya is advocating for child rights
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What if you were told that... the best way a girl can help her family is to get married as a child so they have one less mouth to feed? This is the thinking in many countries across the world.
Enough! Did you read that? Were you appalled?
Does it break your heart? It breaks ours.
Child hunger levels are the worst they’ve been in generations because of conflict, climate change and post-COVID economies that are sending food prices beyond reach.
The result is devastating. A generation of disadvantaged children will die or not reach their potential. Too hungry to focus in school, so poor they are forced into work, or married off in the hope that one less belly at home will mean everyone else can survive just a little longer.
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Hunger forces parents in crisis to choose:
The spiralling costs of living have made it even harder. Most families in the mountains around Palu, Indonesia, make a living from growing rice, chillies or other crops, and earn just enough for essentials.
Many parents prioritise educating boys over girls, as their sons are thought to support the family, while daughters are expected to get married and raise children. Some even believe that child marriage is a way of protecting their daughters. Tragically, they’re wrong.
Child marriage is devastating for young girls.
Stand with us as we strive for a world where girls are:
We’re joining children and saying:
Enough child marriage.
Enough child hunger.
Enough child malnutrition.
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