Our World in English: Fighting child marriage through football

Though illegal, child marriage is widely practiced in India.
UNICEF’s latest estimate is that 216 million girls and women in
India today have been married before they turned 18. But some
girls and young women are trying to resist the practice. In this
short documentary, we meet Munna, who found an unusual way out of
becoming a child bride - through playing football.


This episode of is based on the documentary India's sportswomen
playing to be seen from Assignment on the BBC World Service. The
original programme was reported by Divya Arya and produced by
John Murphy.


Find the original programme here
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6rcv


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