'I'm Better off Dead' 11-Year Old Escapes Arranged Marriage (Video) 7/23/13

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"Nada al-Ahdal, 11, broke a longstanding tradition of child marriages after she managed to run away from her parents and alert the authorities.



She then delivered a passionate testimony against the practice that is spreading across the web like a wildfire."*



Nada Al-Ahdal, a Yemeni would-be 11-year old child bride, escaped the fate her parents set out for her.

Just because giving children away sexually to adults is a tradition, doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.

Cenk Uygur discusses the young girl's impassioned plea opposing the tradition.