Claim: ‘Monsoon brides’: ‘Climate change’ blamed for Pakistan child marriages – ‘Such weddings are n

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Claim: ‘Monsoon brides’: ‘Climate change’ blamed for Pakistan child marriages – ‘Such weddings are now on the rise due to climate-driven economic insecurity’
By Marc Morano
August 16, 2024
3:15 pm

https://www.rawstory.com/monsoon-brides-extreme-weather-fuels-pakistan-child-marriage/

Agence France-Presse

As monsoon rains were about to break over Pakistan, 14-year-old Shamila and her 13-year-old sister Amina were married off in exchange for money, a decision their parents made to help the family survive the threat of floods.

“I was happy to hear I was getting married… I thought my life would become easier,” Shamila told AFP after her wedding to a man twice her age in hope of a more prosperous life.
“But I have nothing more. And with the rain, I fear I will have even less, if that is possible.”

Pakistan’s high rate of marriages for underage girls had been inching lower in recent years, but after unprecedented floods in 2022, rights workers warn such weddings are now on the rise due to climate-driven economic insecurity.

https://www.climatedepot.com/2024/08/16/claim-monsoon-brides-climate-change-blamed-for-pakistan-child-marriages-such-weddings-are-now-on-the-rise-due-to-climate-driven-economic-insecurity/