Too Young to Wed

She is holding up a flashcard. She is laughing. She is in a classroom in Rajasthan, India, where only 1% of girls in rural areas reach class 12.

She is one of the ones who stayed.

In Rajasthan, girls from socially excluded communities face some of the highest dropout rates in India. When girls leave school, early marriage follows. When girls stay, everything changes. Every year a girl remains in school reduces her risk of child marriage.

Seema, 16, is one of the students in our program. “My parents did not want me to continue my studies,” she says. “But I always wanted to study more. I want to be self-reliant and do something good in my life.”

Too Young to Wed and work in Rajasthan so more girls like Seema get to stay. Support our work. Every girl deserves to stay in school. Link in our bio.

Images by Karma Bhutia ()