Meet The Child Brides Of Pakistan

Photo: Courtesy Of Rahnuma-FPAP. When she was just six years old, "Aafreen" (a woman now in her early 20s, from the Sindh Province in southeastern Pakistan) was married to a man who was in his 40s. Because Aafreen had not yet reached puberty, she was permitted to stay at home with her family. But, she knew that as soon she began to menstruate, she would be married publicly and forced to join her husband's household. "I did my best to hide [my period]," says Aafreen. "However, my brother eventual...