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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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From: S. maltophilia9/28/2025 1:10:32 PM
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The Tax on Being a Girl

.....I asked him why he had married Alice against her wishes. He was regretful but unapologetic.

“It was important for her to get married because we were broke,” Twagira said, adding that he had received a bride price from the husband’s family of $140. “If aid was still coming, Alice would remain with us.”

Alice Mugisha, a teenager, was married off because food aid disappeared.Credit...Nicholas Kristof

He then pointed to a younger daughter, Muhawe, who the documents say is either 12 or 13.

“If the situation continues like this, I will have to marry Muhawe off as well,” he said.

I tried to ask Muhawe what she thought of that, but she was too terrified to say anything at all.....

nytimes.com
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