Forced marriage event wedding invitation: Anna is forced to marriage

• 2015

Behind the wedding invitation of Michael and Anna is a scary secret that we all should know!

Michael and Anna: The bride, who has to trust (let)

The wedding invitation looks so innocent. Delicate purple on a light background, elegant bows and the personal words: "Dear Daniel, we give each other the yes-word ... On 5 June 2015 at 11 clock at the Red City Hall in Berlin. We look forward to seeing you and ask you for an answer until 15 May on our wedding website www.michael-und-anna.de. There you will find everything else. Michael + Anna ".

Anna is forced to marry Michael

But what looks like a nice and harmless wedding invitation, has it all in itself. If you visit the mentioned website, it will soon become clear when scrolling down: Michael and Anna are not a normal couple. On the wish list for the wedding gifts are handcuffs, a dollhouse and a non-fiction book about self-healing for sexual and emotional violence ...

The solution: Anna is just 14 years old, her fiancé Michael almost 40! She does not want to marry him, but she will do it anyway.

Luckily, Anna and Michael are a fictional couple. The two are representative of millions of other young girls around the world who are married to older men on a daily basis.

Behind the Michael + Anna campaign is the Foundation World Population, which wants to draw attention to the hard fate of these girls. "For millions of girls, getting married as a child is a bitter reality. Child marriages exist all over the world, regardless of continent, culture and religion. They are one of the most widespread human rights violations - and a massive obstacle to development, "the foundation explains on the website.

For the girls, these forced marriages have terrible consequences. Only one of them: early sex and dangerous pregnancies.

The foundation explains: "Many girls become pregnant shortly after marriage. They are unable to deny their often older men sex or demand the use of contraceptives. An early pregnancy is life-threatening for young girls and their newborns. "

The goal of the campaign: to create awareness and action for politicians. In particular, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel should be moved to campaign against forced marriages.

All information and the whole campaign: www.michael-und-anna.de

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