NuJood Ali, The Ten Year Old Girl who Stood Up to Child Sexual Abuse in Yemen

What is it with Yemen? Are adult females in Yemen that small of stature and stunted in physical development that a ten year old girl, a child, can pass as an adult and is an adequate representation of Yemeni feminine maturity?

A ten year old Yemen girl NuJood Ali was sold for marriage by her family to a thirty something Yemeni man and according to their tradition and culture it was appropriate.
This ten year old girl NuJood Ali was unlike the average Yemeni child. NuJood Ali correctly understood her predicament as child sexual abuse and despite the weight of Yemen tradition and culture rebelled.

NuJood Ali proactively went to the Court House and presented her case to a Judge. On the grounds, her thirty year old so-called husband , beat her, assaulted her and raped her.
The Judge ruled in her favor, annulled the "Marriage" and required ten year old NuJood Ali pay alimony of $200!!!!!!

The relief agency OXFAM claims the majority of Yemen brides are under 18.
Ten year old NuJood stood up to child sexual abuse. Now Yemeni adults have to stand up with her, redirect their Political-Economy and abandon child molestation as Marriage and tradition is not an excuse.

By Apropos