Secret lives of child brides

The case of a tortured Afghan child bride whose treatment shocked the world has led to three members of her husband's family being jailed for 10 years, an official said on May 5. The war on women rages on in countries like Afghanistan and India, where government leaders endorse edicts calling women second-class citizens, endangering hard-won progress in women's rights.

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  1. In this photo provided on Friday Feb. 10, 2012 by World Press Photo, the 1st prize Contemporary Issues Stories category of the 2012 World Press Photo contest by Stephanie Sinclair, USA, VII Photo Agen
  2. In this Friday, May 6, 2011 photo, child bride Smita,13, from Raghogarh village, looks on at the Maa Jalapa Devi temple after her marriage ceremony in Rajgarh, about 155 kilometers (96 miles) from Bh
  3. 7-year-old child bride Guddu Bai sits at the back of a truck as she waits for the rest of her family members after being wed, at Biaora, about 135 kilometers from Bhopal, India, Saturday, May 7, 2011.
  4. A woman adjusts the veil of her 15-year-old child bride daughter Sintu at the Balaji temple in Kamkheda village, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, Saturday, May 7, 2011. Ignoring laws that ban
  5. Afghan women listen to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, during a speech about women
  6. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, meets with delegates from an Afghan women
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