11 year old runs from home to escape marriage
Almost half of Yemen's female population are married off before they are 18! Many factors must be addressed to eliminate Yemen's child marriage
epidemic. However, young girls sometimes have the courage and
determination to break the silence and say no! Blogger Alaa Al-Eryani
writes (read here) a touching story of Nada, the 11-years-old who did the impossible
to escape being married off.