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"Iran will bear the consequences for choosing to escalate the situation any further" says the Israeli army spokesperson, Daniel Hagari in a statement as US troops head to the MENA region as fears grow of Gaza war's spread. SOUNDBITE
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Oct 17 (EFE), (Camera: Orlando Barría).- At least one in five girls in the Dominican Republic ends up married or in informal unions as minors, and on many occasions, with men twice their age. At this time, two initiatives try to ban child marriage in the country, but statistics show that the problem is very deeply rooted and beyond the limits of the law. In fact, in 12% of weddings or unions registered in the country, the bride is under 15 years old, which is the minimum age allowed by law. This figure is far above the average for Latin America (5%), according to Unicef.FOOTAGE OF VICTIMS OF CHILD MARRIAGE. SOUNDBITES OF:-VIRGINIA SAIZ, DIRECTOR OF NGO PLAN INTERNATIONAL:"It has a lot to do with sexism, with the patriarchal culture which remains in the country's culture, apart from social or economic class. Similar practices can be seen in a poor family, on the border with Haiti, and also in a medium-high class family.""The fact that a girl under 18 years old gets married and becomes a mother means in most cases that her potential future as a worker or a student is interrupted. In most cases, these girls do not end the basic education, and therefore they will not be able to access a professional job."-VICTIM "It was very difficult for me and I had a big pregnant belly. It was my first pregnancy and I had any of my relatives around. I felt like it was a kidnapping, but knowing who the kidnapper was."-MAYRA JIMÉNEZ, DOMINICA REPUBLIC'S WOMEN'S MINISTER: "It is a shame for the country, from my point of view as a minister, as a mother and a citizen, I can assure that for us it is a shame that in the Dominican Republic child marriage is legal."
Attorney's for singer R. Kelly filed a motion in court today claiming there is video that shows Kelly being assaulted. The attorneys claim the video shows no one at the jail, "raised a finger" until an inmate was "well into beating Kelly". According to CNN, Kelly was assaulted in late August at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago. A Bureau of Prisons report says a prison employee ordered the attacker to stop and deployed pepper spray. Kelly's attorneys claim the video shows the attacker "roamed a great distance" before carrying out the attack. Kelly was indicted on federal charges in Illinois for child pornography, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
Rabat (Morocco), Dec 9 (EFE) .- (Camera: Mohamed Siali) Child marriages have increased in Morocco in the past twelve years, as they rose from 30,312 in 2006 to 32,104 in 2018, according to data revealed on Monday by the Economic and Social Council in a forum to debate this situation.FOOTAGE OF THE FORUM IN RABAT ORGANISED BY THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL.
This is 21-year-old Kyrgyz Instagrammer Saykal Jumalieva and this is her viral dance video aiming to raise awareness and fight back against forced child marriage in Kyrgyz society. She dressed as a rural bride and danced to the BeeGees classic hit “Stayin’ Alive” in early July in a protest against the practice of girls being prematurely married off. The video has since gathered nearly 100,000 likes on Instagram and thousands of shares across other social media platforms.
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