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Force Feeding Girls for Marriage

11/04/2010

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Force Feeding a Girl

Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 02:18 AM EDT, 11 April 2010 MAURITANIA, West Africa – Thousands of young girls in the West African country Mauritania, continue to be subjected to the cruel practice of gavage or force-feeding to make them more desirable for marriage. Every year girls as young as five are routinely forced to undergo [...]

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