Rotunda Project

While I was walking around the rotunda, Corie  and Delaney's project about child marriage really caught my eye. It was horrible to see how prevalent child marriages still are in this day and age. There was a graph on the poster that showed that Central America, South America, Africa, India, and other parts of Europe and Asia still have child marriages within their towns. Also, I found the pegs on the board a good visual aid to show how common child marriages actually are. The boards stated that 1 in 9 girls in the developing world are married by the age 15, and that 1 in 3 girls in the developing world are married by the age 18. These statistics blew my mind. I can't imagine being married at this point in my life. There's is still so much that I have planned, such as graduating high school and attending college. These girls are way too young to have to get married and possibly even have kids. The poster also stated that the risks of child marriage because they are so young are HIV, domestic violence, and complications during birth because they aren't physically prepared to give birth.

I found this video about a child marriage in Yemen and she is seeking a divorce.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GRHD7nmWz0
The girl was forced to marry her 26 year old cousin and she wants a divorce after 11 days. This video is devastating because the reason why she was married off was because her mother and father were fighting. Also, the girl's husband did beat her once, and because of this marriage the girl now hates all men. It is heart breaking to see such a young person have to go through such difficult hardships. Child marriages need to end so no more little girls have to suffer.