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Students Are Finally Returning to School in Bangladesh, but the Girls Are Missing
When one of the world’s longest COVID-19 shutdowns was lifted, it exposed the country’s deep-rooted problems.
India’s COVID-19 Lockdown Is Making It Easier For Girls To Be Forced Into Child Marriage
According to one social worker “COVID-19 has provided a perfect breeding ground for this social evil to flourish.”
Netflix to Release VICE Studios’ Animated Short ‘Sitara: Let Girls Dream’
The film, directed by Oscar and Emmy winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, tells the story of a 14-year-old girl who dreams of becoming a pilot as she struggles with society’s expectations.
A 'Child Bride' Costume Has Understandably Been Pulled From Kmart's Shelves
A disgruntled Australian woman called the costume "beyond inappropriate" and launched a petition that forced the retailer to take the costume off the shelves.
What It's Like to Be a Rohingya Child Bride
When Rashidah was 12, a mob of hardline Buddhists set fire to her Rohingya village. The girl was subsequently sold into slavery and raped by human traffickers. Her only way out of that life was getting married to a man many years her senior.
Elvis Was the King of Treating Women Like Shit and Luring 14-Year-Olds into Bed
No thank you. No thank you very much.
What Life Is Like After Leaving a Notorious Mormon Polygamist Sect
VICE meets three young women who explain why they left Warren Jeffs's Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and talk about the struggle to build a new life.
Iranian Child Bride at 'Imminent Risk of Execution'
Forced into marriage at the age of 14, three years later she shot her abusive husband dead with his own gun and buried him in the yard.
VICE News Capsule - Friday, March 21
Journalists in Iran, Iraq's child bride legislation, BP signs a new contract and Lebanon deploys troops in Arsal.