Katmandu, Nepal
November 2017
I was teaching leadership skills to college women in Katmandu. Rita was in my class. She had run away from home at the age of 14 becasue her parents wanted to sell her off in marriage. And she was having none of that.
A family took her in and helped her get through high school and now she was in college and determined to step up in the world.
Her story was so inspirations that her classmates began going to remote villages every so often and giving presentations to the community about the drawbacks of child brides. They spoke to parents and to school children and asked all of these people to sign a pledge to stand up against the practice of pushing daughters to marry so young.
I often think of Rita and wonder what has been the outcome of these courageous acts. Some people, like Rita, have so much more courage than me.
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