ali, nujood

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.

Ali Nujood, the first child bride in Yemen to win a divorce, tells the story of her experiences after her father arranged for her to be married in 2008 at the age of ten to a man three times her age, describes what happened when she sought out a judge in order to get a divorce, and discusses the impact of her actions on traditional Yemen culture and society.