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Supergirl Gets Divorce

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Kids grow up so fast these days.  By 3rd grade, I had definitely played pretend bride, but a girl in Yemen was forced to do it for reals. At the bold age of eight, her parents married her off to a man over four times her age. It’s all fun and games until someone gets raped and beaten. Abandoned, alone, abused, what is a girl to do? Be her own superhero. Nojoud Mohammed Ali (no relation to the fighter) is a champion!  After escaping her husband’s home, she managed to find her way to a courthouse and asked for justice.  Thankfully, in court last week, she secured her freedom and is now possibly the world’s youngest divorcee, but definitely the world’s bravest baby girl. [ABC News]

Tags: marriage, rape, baby, bride, abuse, bratz, court

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Kiki T
wrote on April 28 2008 @ 01:46 pm: [report]

Bonsai! I love a happy ending!

..and ha ha, i love the bratz tag to this one… makes me think of that famous Paula Abdul quote, when she found out she was cut from the Bratz movie..a quote lil Nojoud must have thought a lot during her ordeal, “Where is god when you need him?”


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