First children's wedding in Norway

First children's wedding in Norway

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Thea is only 12 years old and the first child bride in Norway. A girl walks down the aisle on Saturday, October 11 to meet her 37-year-old husband. Being the first official children's wedding in Norway, the event caused a storm of public outrage. Protests are raging, and Thea's blog is getting a lot of attention.

This is a project! A project designed to draw public attention to children's weddings taking place every day in the world. 39,000 girls are deprived of their childhood every day.

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First children's wedding in Norway Source: JJournal/tanjand

First children's wedding in Norway

1. “Hey! My name is Thea and I am 12 years old. I'm getting married this month."

First children's wedding in Norway

2. Thea's wedding blog became the most read blog in Norway in just one day. She instantly provoked a reaction when people immediately turned to the police and demanded to stop the upcoming wedding.

First children's wedding in Norway

3. It contains Thea's thoughts about the upcoming marriage and what can await a child in this monstrous situation. Thousands of people discussed the topic of early marriage on social media. But this was precisely the goal of the project: to involve the population in mass protests, force them to take immediate action and stop Thea's wedding before the scheduled date - October 11, this is the International Day of the Girl.

First children's wedding in Norway

4. “We believe that provocation is a powerful tool for demonstrating a reality that is actually very provocative. We hope that people will mobilize and speak out against child marriage, as 39,000 girls are being broken every day. Perhaps Thea's blog, as a call to public attention, will help poor children who are sold to grown men."

First children's wedding in Norway

5. In conclusion, I want to remind you again: the blog is a fake, but a vivid reminder to the public - children get married! Here are links, on these pages you will find monstrous stories of girls who were given in marriage at 12-14 years old; mortality rates for early births ...

First children's wedding in Norway

6. A couple of photos of real underage wives, you can find their stories at the links at the end of the post.

First children's wedding in Norway

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First children's wedding in Norway

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First children's wedding in Norway

9. As the situation evolves, over the next decade, 142 million girls will be married before they turn 18.

Keywords: Girl | Norway | Wedding

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