Child marriage - Pauline's story
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Pauline was married in exchange for a cow
'I did not choose my husband,' says 15-year-old Pauline from West Pokot, Kenya. 'I don’t like him, but I have to because he is my husband.'
Forced to leave school because her parents couldn’t pay anymore, Pauline had FGM, aged 10, and was married off shortly afterwards.
'My parents wanted me to get married off so as to get some cows,' she explains. 'I could not have avoided it. I did not know that the cut [FGM] meant that I would then be forced to be ...
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