Married at 12, a mother at 13: a Malaysian child bride’s story

Her favourite subjects in school were Mathematics, Science and English, and she aspired to be a teacher, but Mary had to cast those dreams aside when she married and became pregnant at 12 years old.A Sarawak native from the Penan tribe in Malaysia, Mary, now 14, is just one among hundreds of children from the state’s indigenous communities to have married before reaching adulthood.From 2011 to 2016, the Sarawak Council for Customs and Traditions recorded 1,472 child marriages among non-Muslim…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3089845/married-12-mother-13-malaysian-child-brides-story