Child Marriage in India: Teenage Girls Forced to Marry

VICE Asia March 3, 2019
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Instead of focusing on their education, teenage girls in Malda, a border town in West Bengal, are focused on the fear of being forced to marry without their consent. VICE India host Makepeace Sitlhou meets schoolgirls, Priyanka, Ismoarah, Moushumi, and Masuda, to understand how they navigate through life in a society where the sole purpose of a girl's existence seems to be marriage. Note: The name of the principal of Dalla High School is Jaydeb Lahiri. Click here to SUBSCRIBE to VICE Asia: https://bit.ly/2LhqAR9