on the news today, but it seems that there are a fair number of child brides in australia - watso is not sure how this works out - because surely if it is illegal, then the marriage itself is illegal - but maybe in the eyes of the ethnic community, it is a marriage.
mention was made of a 11 year old "child" giving birth
apologies - but watso cannot find a link to the story - but it was mentioned a few times on abc24 news.
from memory, the woman on the news, who was mentioning the problem was a female doctor - the woman was wearing a headscarf, which made watso think that the story was associated with a particular religious group. the woman said something about the view that if a female started her periods, then she was ready for sex, motherhood etc etc
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