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Uphill battle against child marriage

August 24, 2018 /0 Comments/in /by

“If you like each other, the best thing to do is get married so you don’t commit a sin,” stated a married 16-year-old girl in Lamongan, East Java. A married 17-year-old girl from the same city talked of her shattered dreams: “I thought when I got married, life would be more like I wanted it […]

Child Pride, Not Bride

August 21, 2018 /0 Comments/in /by

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The incident a few months ago still lingers in Fahri Ramadhan`s mind. At the time, Fahri and his friend, both still in their high school uniforms, stopped at a roadside stall to buy snacks. Unexpectedly, Fahri ran into an elementary school friend. What ruined his mood was that his friend told him that […]

Proper Sex Education as a Child’s Rights

August 10, 2018 /0 Comments/in /by

Recently I read an article about a teenage girl who was convicted for abortion after she was raped by her teen brother. On the same day, in one of the WhatsApp group chats I belong to, a friend told her story of meeting teen boys who contracted HIV through unconsented same-sex intercourse. Meanwhile, even in […]

Syrian Child Brides Increasingly Contemplate Suicide

August 6, 2018 /0 Comments/in /by

Salwa, a 14 year old girl, remembers chugging bleach for as long as she could. She ignored the burn as it went down her throat, and she tuned out the sound of gunshots outside her window. But Salwa, a Syrian refugee, wasn’t trying to escape the Syrian war — she was trying to escape her […]