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MARRIED AT 14 — A LIFETIME OF HARDSHIP, NEPAL

Humanitarian relief had not reached Kagati village months after the 2015 earthquake. Sumeena, married at 14, helps move rocks. Nepal has an abysmal record of human trafficking, bonded, and child labor, which is exacerbated by ongoing poverty and natural disasters. Given inequitable social conditions, women and girls are at greater risk of all forms of exploitation. 2016.

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Stephanie Sinclair has used her images to put faces to some of the world’s most serious gender and human rights issues. Her multimedia series, Too Young to Wed, which Sinclair also shepherded into a global nonprofit, addresses the deeply troubling practice of early, forced and child marriage around the world today.

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Humanitarian relief had not reached Kagati village months after the 2015 earthquake. Sumeena, married at 14, helps move rocks. Nepal has an abysmal record of human trafficking, bonded, and child labor, which is exacerbated by ongoing poverty and natural disasters. Given inequitable social conditions, women and girls are at greater risk of all forms of exploitation. 2016.<br /> <br /> Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Stephanie Sinclair has used her images to put faces to some of the world’s most serious gender and human rights issues. Her multimedia series, Too Young to Wed, which Sinclair also shepherded into a global nonprofit, addresses the deeply troubling practice of early, forced and child marriage around the world today.
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