A grim, grizzly, horrendous tale of child marriages exposed – The Media’s effect

Writes Demeter, LUDCI.eu Editorial team

It’s a sunny Thursday afternoon. Kids can be heard laughing and playing in backyards throughout various neighbourhoods. In one of those, in the backroom of a church, Maria’s mother gently places a tiara on her perfectly coiffed hair and smiles at her little girl. She then takes a dingy brown teddy bear from her hands and replaces it with a bouquet of gardenias picked from their garden – a garden that Maria was playing in just two days ago when she celebrated her 10th birthday.

Maria stands up, tears in her eyes, and a death grip on the bouquet. She...