The World from PRX

child brides

Paska Akwero and son
Conflict
Uganda’s abducted kids try to get their lives back to normal
Irina Bedavi is an activist who works with migrant women escaping abusive and violent relationships in Germany. She is standing at a bus stop where she has met girls who left their abusive husbands. She asked that her identity be hidden for her own safet
Justice
Germany is taking a harder look at child marriage
Amira, who married at 16, says she faced severe abuse at the hands of her husband and found it difficult to escape.
Justice
The refugee crisis is turning more girls into child brides