Nujood Ali divorced at 10

Nujood Ali divorced at 10. Beautiful Yemeni girl, who in 2008 became the first 10-year-old divorced and “Woman of the year”

Nujood Ali divorced at 10
Nujood Ali (born in 1998) is a Yemeni girl, who in 2008 became the first 10-year-old divorced and “Woman of the year”, together with her Laywer Schade Nasser. On April 2, 2008, just two months after the wedding she managed to escape from her 30-year-old husband, and come to court. It was an arranged marriage in which she said a husband three times her age routinely beat and raped her. Mohammed al-ghadha, a judge, gave her temporary refuge, and took into custody both her father and husband. Nujood Ali has committed act that caused tremendous respect and became an example to others, inspired efforts to annul other child marriages.

Nujood Ali said, her husband, who was three times her age, routinely beat and raped her

Yemeni girl Nujood Ali (born in 1998)

Nujood Ali managed to escape from her 30-year-old husband, and come to court

Nujood Ali divorced at 10

: Nujood Ali at Glamour woman awards

: Happily smiling Nujood Ali became the first 10-year-old divorced and “Woman of the year” (2008)

: Glamour Magazine Honors the 2008 Women of the Year – Arrivals

: Nujood was ordered to pay her husband more than $200. The human rights lawyer who represented her donated the money.

: Nujood Ali became the youngest divorcee ever, and sparked a worldwide awakening about the horrors child brides face and the injustice they experience