Testimony
Click here to sign the petition:
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/justice-for-saira.html
Sami Ahmed Speaking About The Petition
The fight continues
There is no minimum age to marry in Saudi Arabia:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/nov/08/saudi-arabia-child-brides-marriage
Graça Machel: within ten years women will have changed Africa
In an interview with Metro International published on the Huffington Post, Graça Machel discusses progress on gender equality in Africa and her long involvement in the struggle to end child marriage.
Full article:
http://theelders.org/article/graca-machel-within-ten-years-women-will-have-changed-africa
Child Marriage is a global disease
Archbishop Desmond Tutu had, perhaps like most people, assumed child marriage was limited to India.* However, child marriage is practised in more countries than you would imagine including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Haiti and Vietnam**
To tackle child marriage we must learn that child marriage is a global disease. If you haven’t already, please take the first step of signing the Justice For Saira petition HERE & spread this cause using the simple tools of Facebook/Blogs/Twitter.
Our unity is the answer to this disease. Justice For Saira is one global family. Please take the first step of joining us today.
*AFP, New York Article HERE
**See full table HERE
A tiny voice defies child marriage
Silence is the biggest crime
Child “drought brides” sold secretly in Kenya
Please read the full article here:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/04/us-childmarriage-kenya-idUSTRE7731JS20110804
