Showing posts with label Traditions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Traditions. Show all posts

October 11, 2014

This Norwegian Preteen Is 'Marrying' A 37-Year-Old For One Important Reason

  Thea is 12 years old. She's a seventh-grader at her school in Norway, and she loves riding horses and listening to One Direction. According to her blog, she's also marrying a 37-year-old man this weekend. But Thea and her impending wedding aren't actually real. They were fabricated for a viral marketing campaign aimed at raising awareness about the forced marriages of underage girls around the globe. One in nine girls worldwide are married before they turn 15, and one in three are married before they turn 18. The group that launched the Thea campaign, Plan Norway, an offshoot...