挪威童婚：12岁女孩嫁37岁大叔 真相太震撼

爱思英语编者按：每年的10月11日是国际女童日（International Day of the Girl Child）。一位12岁少女在自己的博客上发表文章，表示自己会在10月11日结婚，她还称自己是被母亲突然告知，才知道自己将会举办婚礼。此事发生在儿童福利完善的挪威，并有市民震惊表示强烈抗议。原来这是国际组织NGO Plan－Ineternational的一场呼吁反对童婚的活动。大家都来呼吁反对童婚！

Does the idea of a 12-year-old girl marrying a 37-year-old man disgust you? Good. Unfortunately, for 39,000 girls each year, there are people sick and twisted enough to wed a child. It may sound far-fetched, but just because you don't know that it's going on doesn't mean it isn't.

This brings us to a huge issue: most people don't know these things happen every day. To raise awareness of this crisis, a young girl in Norway was arranged to wed an adult man. Unlike the child marriages that go unnoticed, this one was publicly planned and featured traditional wedding photos to highlight how awful it is for kids to be stripped of their childhoods. Take a look at the compelling Stopp Bryllupet campaign.  

If this picture disturbs you, you won't want to see the rest.

Thea, the 12-year-old bride, gets ready for her big day.

Does that look like a happy bride to you?

How terrible.

Although this marriage was fake and these photos were staged, they are a disgusting reminder of the real issue in the world today. So little has been done to put an end to this terrible practice.