Human Rights Organization and Shalini Nataraj

Shalini Nataraj: Nataraj, director of advocacy and partnerships for the Global Fund for Women, a human rights organization, had worked in the region for years. She was used to seeing young mothers, but asked about this girl, according to The Star. It was a common story. The girl was one of about a half-dozen children, whose mother struggled to look after them. And like millions of other children around the world, she became a very young wife. Each year, the United Nations estimates that about 14 million girls are married before they are 18 , and there are more child brides in India than anywhere else in the world and It was about eight years ago that Shalini Nataraj saw the girl, and she still remembers her. Nataraj was visiting a village in India, and was struck by how young the girl looked probably about 14. And she was holding a child. Her child. The villagers said she was 18. And of course they would, because thats the legal age of marriage in India, Nataraj recalls. But then I asked more about the family. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.