Nujood Ali and the fight against child marriage / Don, Katherine

Looks at Nujood Ali, a Yemeni girl who was forced into marriage at age nine and successfully sought a divorce, and the issue of child marriage in general.

Examines the experiences of Nujood Ali, a Yemeni girl who at the age of nine was forced to marry a thirty-year-old man against her will. Nujood managed to get a divorce, becoming the youngest-known divorcee in the world. Explores similar cases of forced child marriages in impoverished places around the world and what is being done to stop them.