What is the legal age of marriage in Yemen?

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Yemeni, 8-year-old girl dies on her wedding night

Early marriages in Yemen have hit crisis proportions. An 8-year-old Yemeni minor succumbed to her wounds and internal bleeding after getting intimate with a 40-year-old man on their wedding night. Rawan was married off to a man 5 times her age in early December, 2020 in Meedi, Haijah province, northwest Yemen. Arwa Othoman, a leading […]