I ain’t goin lie… TEARS CAME! Even 8 year old girls… Too Young to Wed: The Secret World of Child Brides – India, Yemen, Afghanistan, Nepal and Ethiopia.

“Throughout the world, millions of young girls are forced into marriage. Child marriage is outlawed in many countries and international agreements forbid the practice yet this tradition still spans continents, language, religion and an eight-year period, photographer Stephanie Sinclair has investigated the phenomenon of child marriage in India, Yemen, Afghanistan, Nepal and Ethiopia.

Her multimedia presentation, produced in association with National Geographic, synthesizes this body of work into a call to Sinclair’s images are featured in a story on child marriage in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic to help: National Geographic has compiled a list of organizations that encourage families to delay marriage and give girls an opportunity to reach their full potential.”