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8/04/2013

Topic Reading-Vol.480-8/4/2013

Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Yemeni girl from YouTube wants education, not marriage.
What sort of educational opportunities is given to girls in a place like Yemen where over a half of the girls under the age of 18 are married and whose parliament passed a legislation to raise the minimum age of marriage to 17 but has never been signed to become effective because of the pressure by conservatives who claim the law isn’t Islamic?
There is an eight-year-old girl who left her parents’ house to escape from a set marriage to become a domesticated young housewife but to be an educated young talent.
How many young girls in such ultra-conservative regions aren’t given proper, or at least minimum, education? Do restrictive religious practices meet today’s living standards, basic requirements or human rights?
Enjoy reading the article and watching the video to learn what education means to young girls. 

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