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Samburu: The fight against child marriage

Lisa-Marie Misztak meets Josephine Kulea, a Samburu woman fighting against child marriage.

Samburu county, in northern Kenya, is one of many places where it is normal for girls as young as 11 to be married, often to men more than three times their age. These marriages are additionally traumatic because the child brides are forced to undergo female genital mutilation the day before the wedding. For this documentary Lisa-Marie Misztak meets Josephine Kulea, a remarkable Samburu woman on a quest to stop these practices deeply embedded in her culture. Lisa-Marie also meets the girls Josephine has taken under her wing, who are now rediscovering childhood and getting an education.

Field producer: Michael Kaloki
Producer: Catherine Fellows

(Photo: Josephine and her mother)

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27 minutes

Last on

Sun 11 Sep 2022 04:32GMT

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  • Tue 6 Sep 2022 01:32GMT
  • Tue 6 Sep 2022 08:06GMT
  • Tue 6 Sep 2022 12:32GMT
  • Tue 6 Sep 2022 19:06GMT
  • Sun 11 Sep 2022 04:32GMT