See How Child ‘Love Marriages’ In Nepal Have Become Curse For Girls
A growing number of Nepali
teenagers are marrying young by choice despite child marriage outlawed about 50
years ago.
Teenager Asha Charti Karki told her parents she was going out to study, but instead, she ran off to wed her boyfriend – one of a growing number of Nepali teenagers who are marrying young by choice.
“There were rumours
about us in the village and I had fights at home. I felt I had no choice but to
run away,” Karki told AFP news agency at her home in the western district
of Surkhet.