Child marriage is a gross human rights violation that puts young girls at risk and keeps them stuck in poverty. Unfortunately, this problem is more widespread than you might think — more than 60 million girls under the age of 18 are married, many to men twice their age or older. If child marriage continues at its current rate, an additional 100 million girls in developing countries will be married within the next decade. That's 25,000 new child brides every single day for the next 10 years.

Background Information:
1.      http://www.icrw.org/child-marriage-facts-and-figures?gclid=CjwKEAjwqamhBRDeyKKuuYztxwQSJAA1luvG2efTSljerM4ypLB8F5HbwEAOgh4O10QtJruv93ilEBoCZdHw_wcB

2.      http://www.girlsnotbrides.org/about-child-marriage

Use the following sources to gather information on your topic. Record important facts on your graphic organizer. 


Articles:

1.      http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/17/opinion/opinion-yemen-child-marriage/index.html?iref=allsearch

2.      http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/08/opinion/child-marriage-kilusu/index.html

3.      http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/15/world/meast/yemen-child-bride/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

4.      http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/4/27/iraqi-shiites-protestproposedfamilylaw.html

Videos:

1.      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z834OxnOdIU (The Heartbreaking Truth About Yemen's Child Brides) 
2.      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P3iCVyny-o (Too Young to Wed: The Secret World of Child Brides) 
3.      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCiaSRRC5pQ  (Child Marriage in Malawi)


When creating your graphic novel, you can use this story as a model:

1.      http://www.care.org/impact/stories/nine-years-old-and-married


Check out these sources to learn more....
http://www.icrw.org/what-we-do/adolescents/child-marriage

http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/341/facts.html

http://www.care.org/campaigns/childmarriage/