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Child Wedding in India,<\/strong> 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n

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For over 200 years Vadia in Gujarat has been a town infamous for young girls\u2019 prostitution. Because no one is willing to marry them, they end up in prostitution at the age of 12.<\/p>\n

So to break this pattern, mass weddings are being organized. \u201cI do not know what the boy was called but the party was fun\u201d, says Gaya, 8, one of the girls who was engaged. Wearing make-up and dressed like adult women, Gaya and other little girls from the village next to Vadia are seated next to the boys. They have never met before and hardly dare looking at each other. The girls\u2019 thin shawls hide their blush but the boys\u2019 sullen faces can\u2019t get unnoticed. A moment later they are engaged and, according to organizer VSSM, Vicharata Samuday Samar Than Manch, the vicious circle of young girls\u2019 prostitution in Vadia is broken.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt may seem strange but it is the only way we’ve found to save the village\u2019s girls\u201d, says<\/p>\n

Mittal Patel, the woman behind this idea.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

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