Too Young to Wed: The Secret World of Child Brides

[aminah487]

under international human rights law....having sex with a minor is called rape.This must stop!

[TheBubbles1983]

this is very sad



[compadrefoncho]

weird people jail jail jail

[sexiFLiPrican]

I know that there is fixed marriages it's a tradition between rich families.

This ritual consist beliefs and religion it's not culture but tradition.

This is something i don't approve but you can't stop it from happening it depends to the teaching and morals of the parents.Some are just poor and the only thing they can think of is selling their kids.

All i can do is to pray for their souls sinners or not please protect these kids from harm and let the evil see the good.

[saldrammeh]

this is so sad how you sleep wit a six year old crying and begging you to stop...these men are monsters

[Londonpixxie]

Its not about religion its about culture,in India the baby brides are most common and they are Hindus not muzlims.Its sick any way,

[amirzaheenminhaj]

islam didnt ask to wed those youngs....its their culture...get ur fact right...

[GracieBurd]

Hey retards who hit the dislike bar...Go and life in that country from six on...you wont have the energy to even click the mouse...

[kawaii2k11]

yuck this is sick!!!

[latinrosetje]

sick sick sick sick

[sion7111]

@missmillionmaker Every one who have knowledge about Islam, knows that according to the Sharia, marriage with underage brides is absolutely legal.

[missmillionmaker]

@sion7111 Yes that is right but that is only if she gives permission! back at that time it was normal to marry like that ...

[anunnakigurl]

@missmillionmaker how about ? the islamic invasion to iraq ( a christian - and pagan ) neighboring country in 680A.D , let me refresh yer memory ( the battle of karba-ella ) , you cant deny history and recorded facts about islam , i totaly understand its not yer fault for been born a muslim or such , but dont deny TRUTH @ any level with and or any FACE it reveals it self , no 1 is perfect in this world .

[anunnakigurl]

@missmillionmaker may b ya shoud go back 2 the quraan itself ? and read Q8:48 bout how even ( allah ) demanding 20% charge out of the war booties ? ( the islamic futouhat ) , and then ? you have muhammad ordering the head of ( um qurfa ) an elderly lady heading a ( non muslim ) tribe in the the vally , and killing all their men and whoever fought back , then takin her daughta ! as a slave sex ;)

[anunnakigurl]

@3Prophets1God nop it was ( to finish me point lol , they give limited ( word space ) to post :\

[cattlecarnage1]

education is the key. education of the parents. this was heartbreaking to watch.

[uzma401]

so sad

[fuckfishie]

This broke my heart so bad.

[TheLuciaFlor]

@3Prophets1God This video gives does notIslam a bad name. In many cases the people were not marrying for their god, they were marrying because they could not afford a debt, so they give them a child, or because they could not afford to keep the child. And it's ignorant to assume this type of marriage only occurs in 3rd world countries, this happens in Iran, China, Tibet, Peru and probably alot more developed countries. There are fundamentalists who give every religion a bad name.

[anunnakigurl]

i came from a very stict tribal family , and no im not a muslim nor a christian , we will shoot them both b4 shakin their hands , BUT , we neva do such thing , this is very disturbing 2 me :( this is a crime against humanity , even the gods ordered : thy must let them thrive like a youth liles shooting and bloseming males and females , with love @ 1st site is their total rite 2 bond 4eva , meaning if the 2 dont love eachother ? they r not meant 4 eachother .

[anunnakigurl]

@anunnakigurl oh and the age thing ? is totaly forbiddin were i came from :) the farthest allowed ? is 7 years apart not even 1 day more is allowed

[tubemania75]

I just feel very sad when i see this video. 

[mammyoriordan]

And this same Taliban are having talks with the Afghan administration!!!! These ignoramuses have nothing to offer Afghanistan - Rene

[lethel4444]

i've no comment people. I don't get it. I can't even have a comment of anger. I just don't think people can be so irrational unbelievable and just outrageous even to their own family.

[doubletheduckk]

These girls are so beautiful, why are they being wasted like that :(.. shameful.

[yjoseph]

These Pedophile men (ALL of them) will have to answer to God once they are dead and gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This World is so corrupt... and it starts at the TOP!!!!!!!!!! I pray for all of our children...

[1GodPrincess]

my baby is marrying his cousin then:"( -\3!

[tigertigger5]

:o---that was my reaction to this vidio....i heard about young marriages and to be honest didn't believe it so thats why i youtubed it....serouisly i thought theese people are deeply religoius right? But surly that should be against the rules....Those poor girls i nearly cried for you...another minuit of this vidio would have...just goes to shouw how many sick b******** are in the world

[kaichin11]

would the almighty god send me to hell if i kill all those disgusting child rapists? i dont care cause it would be worth it, god already knows i think about it

[laumtzus]

Look at how beautiful the woman is that got her nose and ear cut off! Look at those sparkling eyes!!! Oh my!!! I feel for her! Huge, huge hug!

[chrysalis72]

@laumtzus the woman who had her nose and ears cut off is being taken care of now, there is lovely footage of her in America after receiving plastic surgery. She is really really beautiful and she has American refugee status I think. I watched her give a speech looking fantastic.

[laumtzus]

They say they don't call a woman beautiful by their looks, but how well a woman takes care of her house and her HUSBAND?!!! Please!!! Then call me hideous! Goodness the ignorance of these people. Those poor babies... the DEVILISH MEN CARRY THEIR brides! It's called rape in the USA! OH my!!! This is INSANE!!!

[nusrasheikhomar]

@911truthandjustice its not only islam.. hinduism, gypsies; it all part of their culture

[911truthandjustice]

I have to throw up now.

[evelynhjv]

I feel sick,how could this happen?...I just wanna cry...

[jwana59]

omg is so bad

[matn0v]

So many people in this world need to die.

[EricBochene]

HERE's a good representation of your "99%ers" people! Yes, yes yes... and people wanna blame everything on the 1%ers when we have human beings that are simply ignorant... living in a poverty consciousness mindset????

[northoforacle]

The empowerment of women is the only cure for poverty.

[coolmask123]

ITT: feminists

[funnybunygirl]

i love the part with the babbie holding the gun

[ishy321]

@ktintin2010 i dont mean to offend i am just telling you the truths of the quran,i know its hard to accept but its the truth. open your mind.

[ktintin2010]

@ishy321 yes you mean to be offensive cause your a fool.

The problem this is what you think is the truth, its called an assumption. and a good one for hater.

anyways I'm wasting my time arguing with you go and find someone else to argue with.

[ishy321]

@ktintin2010 you started this asking me questions, if you cant handle the brutal truth that islam is riddled with evil and muhammad was a massmurdering,rapist,theiving,­peadophile then dont start arguments! its all there in the quran and hadiths for all to see. you have been brainwashed. now bore off!

[ktintin2010]

@ishy321 laugh as much as you want it only shows how childish you are in an argument, good luck in your in your life, if you have one.

[ishy321]

Bukhari (6:298) - Muhammad would take a bath with the little girl and fondle her

[ishy321]

Muslim (8:3311) - The girl took her dolls with her to Muhammad's house (something to play with when the "prophet" was not having sex with her).

[ishy321]

@ktintin2010 Qur’an 8:59 “The infidels should not think that they can get away from us. Prepare against them whatever arms and weaponry you can muster so that you may terrorize them. They are your enemy and Allah’s enemy.”

Qur’an 4:101 “The unbelievers (non-Muslims) are your inveterate foe

Qur’an 47:4 “Strike off the heads of the disbelievers”; and after making a “wide slaughter among them, carefully tie up the remaining captives.”

just a few examples of hate in the quran. sick.

[ktintin2010]

@ishy321

qur'an 4:101 "When you travel on the earth, there is no sin on you in shortening your Salah, if you fear that the disbelievers would put you in trouble. Surely, the disbelievers are an open enemy for you"

[ktintin2010]

@ishy321 47: 4 "So when you meet those who disbelieve in battle, strike their necks until, when you have inflicted slaughter upon them, then secure their bonds, and either [confer] favor afterwards or ransom them until the war lays down its burdens. That [is the command]. And if Allah had willed, He could have taken vengeance upon them [Himself, but He ordered armed struggle to test some of you by means of others. And those who are killed in the cause of Allah - never will He waste their deeds"

[marilynphan]

SICK!!!!!!1

[thirdeyewise2]

@ishy321

Actually if you look @7:20 the girl has a cross on her forehead. At the beginning of the video they said it was a cultural thing, not neccessarily religious. But as always people see what they want to see, and not the complete picture.

[hereiamhidden]

@TheXMenBeyond242 the jihadists.

[ktintin2010]

@hereiamhidden what does jihadist mean?

you're a funny ignorant person.

[hereiamhidden]

@ktintin2010 yah totally :D

[AnnaTFan]

ps i HATE men.

[01Sweetiepye]

Thank you Brave Stephanie Sinclair for going those barbaric places to show us how awful the women and children are treated. It makes me so angry that men think they can treat women like this and justify it with their religious ideology and stupid medieval customs.

Please be careful. God be with you and keep you safe.

[JaxNoHT]

Like stepping into the room with these girls and hearing their stories. Thank you for such clear,factual documentation of a subject that is already fraught with volatile emotion.

A form of human trafficking that must be abolished, now.

[vivianmai87]

these people are so sick in their head:-S

[Artprincess247]

These men are NO kings, they are lower then SCUM. Women were made by GOD, NOT men, therefore men do NOT have the rights to control over women.

[Artprincess247]

If this happened in our country, it'd be known as "Pedophileing", what is wrong with these people? Even if they wanted thier daughters to get married cant they at least wait until they are fully adults?

This is just sick and in-human.

[crimsoneyes36]

@angeles37 and most of these girls are hindu

[crimsoneyes36]

@angeles37 a girl can marry to anyone anytime she wants in islam

[cskyinthalou]

To anyone who feels tolerant towards Islamic fundamentalists; look at the girl with no nose & no ears. Kill every last religious wacko & this world will be better for it.

[rosewings2003]

If it was allowed I would have her come live with me. :(

[maharajane]

how can u protect them when they are giving as gifts by their parents or in another case to settle a debt,really sad.

[ColderThanFiction]

this totally makes me sick to my stomach. i have nonthing more to say. that's just horrible.

[elle3337]

@frankybe7 you have a right to your own opinion so i don't think anyone has a place to flag it. However, I personally believe humanity is what's overwhelmingly 'fucked' up. There are awful things happening everywhere, every religion, every country, city, and corner. Pedophilia, rape, we cannot possibly isolate these appalling issues to one group of people. Christians, Muslims, Jews, Black, White, Asian, Rich, Poor, Educated, Illiterate...there is evil within all sorts of people.

[frankybe7]

@elle3337 So in the end, Man is evil.

[elle3337]

@frankybe7 To sum it up yeah..It's sad because it'll always exist. But the most we can do is try to make things better and be kinder people. I know that sounds cliche but i hope after watching videos like this people at least feel like they should just be better human beings. I know you said "Islam is fucked". I feel like statements like that just add to hatred. like that will just get someone else angry, which may just spur hateful acts. Anyways thanks for hearing my opinion.

[TheTutugirl1]

this..... this is terrible

[FFleurDDeLLuna]

7:52 I started crying :( i hate this feeling....get rid of child brides please!!

[ShrinkingDad]

@TheAMBULOCETUS I think it's even more obvious that there is no god.

[Queenofcydonia2]

That is sick

[kenseisato1989]

god .. this is the worse thing i've ever seen in my life...

tradition? belief? yea a made up tradition of scums of the earth.

eaven if it was a gross video thanks for sharing.

[hashfromplan9]

listen - & i really mean Listen to what i am about to say, plz how can u throw away a life that has no intrinsic value to the world at large? plz no reactionary hyperbole. just think, these are 3rd World Nations, ppl there dont live past 35 usually. they have no clean water, limited healthcare, crippling poverty, unemployment & rampant illiteracy. these people wld be lucky just to see another day. ponder that as u sit from your collective soap boxes & wax philosophic abt lives u will nvr lead.

[hashfromplan9]

@theAMBULOCETUS "God hates women"? seriously thats just asinine. so much so i cant even muster a chuckle out of the inundity of the statement.

[candistyx]

"Childhood is not for cooking cleaning and having babies"...

besides the obvious fact that a person capable of having a baby physically is not exactly a child... what a privilaged statment! The notion of childhood as concieved of in the west is a phenomenon that only really existed since the Victorians, bfore then there was no such thing. It's not an objective fact of life and its not necessarily the ideal way.

[Mari31057]

im so scard dose this mean i 10 years time in england will have child brids i dont want this to happen : (((((

[1bluepearl]

This was painful, incredibly painful to watch. It's one thing to know or read that such things exist in the world, but when you see it, it makes a stronger impact. As much as I respect all religions and traditions, it's so blatantly clear that using 'god' to validate & justify archaic patriarchal traditions, like child marriage, is so so wrong--It's evil. It's child abuse and statutory rape, plain and simple. I hope and pray that somehow, someway these children all over the world are protected.

[bogavai]

Oh God I'm in tears,this is horrible and sick.

[xEmoLov3rx]

This is heartbreaking...

[thisisbullshit1972]

If only I had enough bullets, enough time off from work, and a plane ticket...

[STARLIGHTKIDZ]

A system kept in place because these men are pedophiles! It is not normal to be sexually attracted to a child, they are criminals and perverts!

They take these girls out of education, they know no better and the cycle continues! This is very distrubing!

[mommyashleyanne]

THESE ARE NOT HUSBANDS THEY ARE PEDOPHILES!! WAKE UP WORLD..

[butterflylove890]

i think im gonna be sick >:( i hate this world we live in

[SuperVinividivici]

Ellejay121. Nicely put!!!! its not in any religion to forcefully get a child married. Shame on these cultures and those rotten bastards who do this to there child.

[ElleJay1211]

It breaks my heart seeing these girls, who are practically babies, have their life thrown away. It is probably true that religion is a factor when it comes to these things...but anybody who thinks God would permit this is insane. Nowhere in the Quran or the Bible, or any holy book, does it say it's okay. My point is, we can't blame religion, we can only blame the people who comprehend religion in a distorted point of view.

Also, for us it is easy to see that the act of marrying such young girl

[Linnas79]

This is all so, so wrong, but 4:07 really turns my stomach! That man is old enough to be her grandfather!

[candypop290]

every girl's dream is not to marry at a young age but to hang out with friends, finish school and find her prince charming at the right time.

[Proudnerd2013]

children should be allowed to be children. They must see something wrong with this

[MrSmurf1945]

THIS IS HEARTBREAKING

[MegaGayjesus]

One thing to note, I would bet most, if not all, involved in this are religious people!

[Leaxion]

i saw this yesterday,it made me want to spew my guts out.

[PulitzerCenter]

@Leaxion We're glad you could make it to the event. Stephanie and Cynthia are both great journalists and they contribute so much to the world. Hope you could make it to our future events, too!

[don66sicily]

they can marry its okay just not by usa eyes

[afinitimyob]

@don66sicily Are you insane? What is okay about this?

[don66sicily]

@afinitimyob its not a rite in American laws but in other lands they have rites laws and bylaws which america wont took up so we have to learn theres diffenet lands diffenet laws and diffenet ways of life

[afinitimyob]

@don66sicily That why those laws have to be changed. Through the UN enforcing sanctions etc until these countries have more democratic laws that do not allow for children to suffer like this. It's too disgusting and there is no excuse for it.

[PulitzerCenter]

@afinitimyob @donn66sicily Thank you so much for sharing your distinct views. In some of the countries featured in this video, however, it's not just a matter of law permitting or prohibiting such practice. Some of the families willingly participate in secret weddings due to the laws prohibiting child marriage in their countries.

[torres7032]

so wrong. but still going on.!

[SaritaAndJoe]

so wrong. these poor children need protection from these evil predators.

[bubblezpoprox]

Sigh these are the idiots that are blowing things up, killing there own people, and treating their women like crap. Quit interviewing them and help them!!

[jespaz09]

i cant believe it but it really make me wanna beat this people for doing that to children

[iidontbloodycare]

Man, this is heartbreaking.

[kolapeninsula]

How can this still be in our world?

[misterpix]

Powerful and stunning. Thank you Stephanie Sinclair for this gorgeous piece.

[RatCity2020]

This is very terrible, but what's funny about this video is at the first part when the woman ( voice over) says that these people don't understand the problems when the girls are pulled out of the schools, and so the girls won't get an education... This is the most important thing??? ARE YOU F'N NUTS! That's the last thing anyone should be concerned with.

[VictoryAH1014]

@RatCity2020

Education is where empowerment begins. It's the most important thing because the community needs to see their girls as human beings capable of independent thoughts and ideas rather than slaves in the guise of brides.

[mizzsoccachik666]

Siriusly, if you have to do something in secret than don't do it. oh my god.

[ikeNewton1]

this video make me hate mans specially from india

[Valtyful]

@ikeNewton1 - Gypsies also came from India (11 Century, Romani people) ..no wonder they have the same stupid and mysogenous tradition, they want the girls to stay ignorant, preferably analphabet, and they are forced to get maried at 12 or 14 of age and have a lot of babies..

[habibiserena]

Gracias Stephanie Sinclair por este reportaje. Me uno a la difusión de este video y a la solicitud de ayuda para retrasar este tipo de atrocidades. Hasta pronto!

[luchaniktravel]

Child marriage is going on throughout the world and has to be stopped. Little girls should be allowed to enjoy their childhood - their basic human rights are being violated by their very own families and communities. We all need to spread the message to end this atrocity.

[PulitzerCenter]

Regina, es verdad! Si usted o alguien quiere ayudar nos con esto, seria muy bien.

[regina1982game]

@PulitzerCenter lamentablemente mis conocimientos en computación son limitados para poder subtitular el video. Espero que alguien pueda hacerlo...

[regina1982game]

Por favor este vídeo debería estar subtitulado en todos los idiomas!!!

[Valtyful]

@regina1982game - por favor aprenda Inglês, ainda vai a tempo..

[regina1982game]

@Valtyful yo entiendo ingles, lo digo por que TODOS deberian ver este video y entenderlo para que TODOS SEPAN LO QUE ESTA PASANDO CON ESTAS NIÑAS!!!

[Valtyful]

@regina1982game - perdoname..

[regina1982game]

@Valtyful Estas perdonada, Saludos =)

[immysonsmom]

Thank you for the haunting message. We need to protect women and children! Bless you!

[Tanfeliz]

This video makes me want to smash stuff.