Central African Republic: In Central African Republic, Muslim Child Brides Fight for Daughters' Rights

Bangui — Mothers in Bangui's Muslim PK5 quarter are setting up their own businesses and making sure their girls get an education

Forced at 14 to marry a man 13 years her senior, Sadatou Issa was forbidden to attend school and whiled away her time looking after her children and knitting clothes to sell from her home in Boda, a town in western Central African Republic.

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