U.N. Population Fund: Pregnancy, Poverty and Weight of Hunger for Child Brides in Yemen
September 09, 2026
September 09, 2026
NEW YORK, Sept. 9 -- The United Nations Population Fund issued the following news:
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Pregnancy, poverty and the weight of hunger for child brides in Yemen
ABYAN/AL HUDAYDAH GOVERNORATES, Yemen - Fatimah* was forced to marry an older man when she was just 13 years old. Two years later, she gave birth to twin daughters.
"I dreamed of going to school like other girls," she told UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, which is the . . .
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Pregnancy, poverty and the weight of hunger for child brides in Yemen
ABYAN/AL HUDAYDAH GOVERNORATES, Yemen - Fatimah* was forced to marry an older man when she was just 13 years old. Two years later, she gave birth to twin daughters.
"I dreamed of going to school like other girls," she told UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, which is the . . .