Seeking a New Life, and Finding Hardship, in the Marketplaces of Ghana ACCRA, Ghana --- Sixteen-year-old Sahada was pulled out of school when her family arranged a marriage for her.But it wasn’t what she wanted. “I wanted to remain in school and learn,” she said through a translator. “My family took me from school and told me it is time to be married.”In spite of her resistance, Sahada was kidnapped into marriage with a man from another village. “In some cultures in the North, when a man … [Read more...]
GHANA – Girls escaping forced Child Marriage
May 22, 2012 by Team Celebration
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