Enough is Enough

I recently read an article on CNN.com titled Yemen minister on child marriage: Enough is enough that touched on child marriage in the country of Yemen. While this issue seems unreal to the United States, it is very real in the country of Yemen.
Recently an 8-year-old girl reportedly died of internal bleeding three days after her wedding. The young girl, named Rawan, was married to a 40-year-old man. A man five times her age! Outrageous! This incident horrified not only me but Yemenis who are now looking to human rights minister Hooria Mashhour.
Mashhour believes the selling of young girls into marriage, which is remains legal in Yemen, should stop.
"Many child marriages take place every year in Yemen. It's time to end this practice," Mashhour said. However, the locals to Yemen have stopped talking to media outlets due to fear of the repercussions from the government. However, human rights coordinator and the human rights minister believe they can make a change.
The practice of selling young girls into marriage hasn't changed. In fact, more than half of young women are married before the age of 18 and 14% of girls are married before 15. In 2008, 10-year-old Nujood Ali broke the mold when she went to court in Sanaa and asked for a divorce. After a lengthy trial, she was granted the divorce. In 2010, a 12-year-old bride died of internal bleeding just shortly after her wedding.
Yemen legislature tried to pass a bill that involved making the minimum age to marry be 17. However, because of the conservative nature of Yemen's parliament, the bill was shot down with the argument that the bill violated Islamic law, which does not specify an age to marry.
Marriage shouldn't involve children whatsoever. While this issue is controversial in Yemen, it isn't controversial here. With the age of marriage being 18 in some states and no younger than 16 in others. Here, an 8-year-old girl getting married is unheard of.
Writing about something like this was hard and definitely controversial. Putting my two sense in would be a waste of time considering I'm sure you all know how I feel about this issue by now.