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‘I refused this marriage’: Meet West African women who fought for their right to education

By Amnesty International

“From the moment I refused to get married, I was beaten everyday” “When I was 14, my father wanted to marry me off to a cousin who was in his thirties. He’d started making arrangements for the wedding behind my back; I realized he’d already bought the fabric to have the wedding clothes made. I […] The post ‘I refused this marriage’: Meet West African women who fought for their right to education appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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