Friday, 10 October 2014

Meet Thea, Norway's 12-year-old child bride -Rose Troup Buchanan

Meet Thea, Norway's 12-year-old child bride

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A Norwegian campaign highlighting the issue of child marriage has gained global attention after a blog seemingly written by a child bride-to-be went viral.
The blog, apparently written by 12-year-old girl 'Thea', charts her thoughts and feelings towards her impending marriage to 37-year-old Geir.
However, the blog was carefully created by Plan, an international aid organisation working on strengthening the girls’ rights, to bring home the issue of child brides.
Plan’s country director Olaf Thommessen spoke to The Independent about the campaign, expressing how important it was to draw attention to a problem faced by thousands of girls every day.
“We really wanted to bring home the issue and by creating a shock factor, we think we have really got peoples’ attention,” he said.
“We have all kinds of people engaging, people who are not usually motivated or involved in these kinds of things – the response has been immense.”

Culled from Independent

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