A YouTube video campaign going viral this week is drawing attention to a grim reality in some parts of the world that we don't often hear about: child brides.
In the staged clip, a 12-year-old girl is seen wearing a wedding gown and standing on a waterfront boardwalk beside her soon-to-be-husband, a balding, middle-aged man decades older than her. As the pair poses for wedding photos, they draw attention from disgusted strangers in the crowd.
After some adults admonish the man for being a predator, he tells them, "I took the permission from her parents."
In this case, the bride and groom are just actors, and the waterfront wedding is fictional. Yet the video is intended to highlight a situation that's a reality for many young women all over the world.
The video was produced by the organization KAFA ("enough" in Arabic), which aims to put an end to the practice of child marriage in Lebanon.
In the staged clip, a 12-year-old girl is seen wearing a wedding gown and standing on a waterfront boardwalk beside her soon-to-be-husband, a balding, middle-aged man decades older than her. As the pair poses for wedding photos, they draw attention from disgusted strangers in the crowd.
After some adults admonish the man for being a predator, he tells them, "I took the permission from her parents."
In this case, the bride and groom are just actors, and the waterfront wedding is fictional. Yet the video is intended to highlight a situation that's a reality for many young women all over the world.
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