If 8 Can Marry, 8 Can File For Divorce

Posted by PZ Myers at 6:00 AM on April 14, 2008.

An 8-year-old in Yemen files for divorce, citing abuse.

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Here's the story of a young Yemeni lady filing for divorce from her abusive husband.

"My father beat me and told me that I must marry this man, and if I did not, I would be raped and no law and no sheikh in this country would help me. I refused but I couldn't stop the marriage," Nojoud Nasser told the Yemen Times. "I asked and begged my mother, father, and aunt to help me to get divorced. They answered, 'We can do nothing. If you want you can go to court by yourself.' So this is what I have done," she said.

She's eight years old.

Tagged as: marriage, women's rights, divorce, yemen

PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris. He runs the science blog, Pharyngula.

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