Child Marriage Quotes

“Much of the atrocities that are committed towards Arab women occur partly because the victim does not know that she has a basic right for her body to be hers, for her privacy to be respected and for her education to be a necessity not a privilege she receives if it is financially possible after her brother has been educated.”
― Aysha Taryam

“Culture is no excuse for abuse”
― Davinder Kaur, FORCED TO MARRY HIM: A Lifetime of Tradition and the Will to Break It

“Age does not matter in most relationships, but in marriage, it matters a lot. If you marry a younger you have to baby sit, and if you marry an older, you have to follow orders.”
― M.F. Moonzajer, LOVE, HATRED AND MADNESS

“And I never thought this day would come, but here I am, sitting in front of the ritual fire, repeating Sanskrit mantras I don’t understand. He’s looking at me now, and I can feel it on my skin. We are getting married. Damini is locked away somewhere in a room, Lakshmi is at Lord Krishna’s feet in the heavens, and I’m going to be his wife.”
― Sindhu Rajasekaran, So I Let It Be

“Children need to be taught about forced marriage and how an arranged wedding can be a forced marriage if either party doesn't freely consent to it.”
― Davinder Kaur, FORCED TO MARRY HIM: A Lifetime of Tradition and the Will to Break It

“Marrying before 35 should be considered as child marriage.”
― Nitya Prakash