Child bride only 10 year old granted a divorce case against arranged marriages

WOW! This is crazy. That little girl seems very mature for her age. But why did they marry her off if he was not supposed to touch her until she was 20 he had to wait 10 years? Why didnt wait 10 years to marry her? The other sad part is that the husband was compensated, but don't think I wouldn't have cared I would have given him 200 to get rid of him.

this is madness! i am against arranged marriage as well..how could you marry someone you didn't even know, didn't even love and worst your just a 10 year old girl thats supposed to be playing outside with the same age of children..this tradition is disgusting! i am sorry for those who has the same tradition but i guess this is really humiliating now..their removing the rights of this children to choose..to do what their age are supposed to be doing..how can a 10 year old play a role of a wife when she didn't even have the idea of it...i am so glad that this girl had spoken her side about this arranged marriage...at least one of those thousands had courage to speak up..

It is definitely a cultural thing. I am not in favor of arranged marriages, but to have one to a 10 year is sick and wrong. I love the internet, but it makes me ill with what I am exposed to, things like this are very disturbing.

That child should get out Yemen and start a life with a family who can love and appreciate her for being 10.

That is absolutely terrible!!! I also, can't believe that this person was actually compensaed for his poor behaviour. Muslims wanted some form of Sharia law here, but our goernment shot the idea down saying that if they want to live in Canada, IF ANYONE WANTS TO LIVE IN CANADA they need to obey Canadian laws.

This is very sad, the way some people treat their children, the parent that let this happen should be put in jail, I would not let no man,marry my daughter at the age of ten she is still a kid, what does she know about being wife, at the age of ten she hasn't had time to be a kid, or play with toys.

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She wasn't supposed to be married off at ten. Her parents made an arrangement with this man to marry her now and care for her as the parents were unable to do so. However, the man turned out to breach the contract with the parents and forced himself on her over and over again. She went to her parents, but they couldn't do anything so she went to the courts and they did grant her a divorce. However, she is forced to pay her husband two hundred dollars. This is common practice in other cultures as girls are not valued at all. I applaud this little girl for speaking out. She hopes she can save other girls from having to do the sam thing in the future.

I am against those arranged marriages. parents should be blame about it. They should not choose the partner of their children. Here in our country no more arranged marriage now a days.

this country will be a haven for pedophiles! Usually, arranged marriages came with dowries and families arranged it for additional wealth. This is horrible and so feudal! even if we are a poor coountry, i do not think this is an acceptable practice. To those countries who practice arranges marriages, the couples just tried their best to make the realtionships work. To allow this to children is not acceptable.

This is exactly why I am against arranged marriages. Things like this just make me so angry. Marriage should be for love, it should be a free choice, no one should ever be forced into marriage. When I picture my wedding day, I always picture it as being the happiest day of my life, right to when I will ever have children. I picture my life with the man that I love. Children are children, they should be free to play and party and not worry about taking care of someone else. This child is just that, a 10 year-old child. She hasn't even had her first menstral cycle yet, how can she know what being married is. She is still in school and playing with dolls, she should not have to be a servant to a husband. Poor child. What the Hell were her parents thinking? I feel like want to hurt them for doing that to that poor girl.