¿Por qué Pakistán no puede detener los matrimonios infantiles?

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En Pakistán es ilegal casarse antes de los 16 años y, sin embargo, en el país hay casi 19 millones de niñas casadas. ¿Por qué no puede este país asiático poner fin a esta práctica nociva? Los niños también son víctimas de esta práctica.    VIDEO: DW.

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00:00¿Qué es lo que hacía?

00:01La madre me dio a un maldito.

00:03La madre me dio a un maldito.

00:05La madre me dio a un maldito.

00:07La madre me dio a un maldito.

00:09La madre me dio a un maldito.

00:11La madre me dio a un maldito.

00:13La madre me dio a un maldito.

00:15Iqra was just 13 when she was married off to her cousin.

00:19Now 17, she's already a mother of four.

00:22Instead of going to school,

00:24she spends her days cooking, cleaning,

00:26and caring for her children.

00:28According to the UN, one in six young girls in Pakistan

00:31are married in childhood.

00:32The country is now home to nearly 19 million child brides.

00:55Driven by poverty, tradition, and climate shocks,

00:57girls like Iqra are promised into marriage,

01:00sometimes with cousins,

01:01before they are even born.

01:03My mother was 13, 14 years old.

01:06My mother was 15, 16, 17 years old.

01:09We didn't understand how much married.

01:12We didn't get married.

01:14We didn't get married.

01:16Pakistan's legal marriage age is 16,

01:18but the law is poorly enforced,

01:20with 12% of girls married before they turned 15 years old.

01:24What is our lack of respect in Pakistan?

01:27If we don't do a child or a female,

01:29we don't do a decision-making decision-making.

01:31We don't take care of it.

01:32We don't take care of it.

01:33We don't take care of it.

01:34We don't take care of it.

01:35We don't take care of it.

01:37Boys in Pakistan can also be affected by child marriage.

01:40Raja was married as a teenager.

01:43With no education or job skills,

01:45he is trapped in a cycle of poverty

01:46and now collects scrap to survive.

01:48He is barely able to feed his children

01:50or support his pregnant wife.

01:52My mother is very bad,

01:54but we get married and get away from home.

01:59Gracias.

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