Married at 14: Zambia’s Child Brides | Woman with Gloria Steinem

We follow a 14-year-old Zambian girl through a pre-wedding ritual before she marries a 48-year-old man, and we learn how child marriage threatens the entire region.

This episode of Woman with Gloria Steinem first aired on VICE TV in 2016.

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[sashleymo]

Her face, how incredibly sad. She knows her life is over. She has been given a life sentence of misery to a predator for a cow. She looked so broken.

[MeaganSal]

The thought of a 14 year old girl “moving her body” and “helping out” the 48 year old man having sex with her makes me nauseous

[angelahyler]

She looks SO sad, like she's preparing for a funeral rather than a wedding

[AA-hiyx]

He admitted hes marrying her so he doesn't have to do chores when his other wife is sick! Then he claims he's actually doing her a favor. What a sick and disturbed person

[BeUr_Best]

Telling a 14 year old teenager she needs to help her 40+ year old husband out in the bedroom is outrageous and disgusting!

[nicchan]

That is not a husband, that is a predator.

[ilovetruffles]

The way he was like “school is out of the question” with such ferocity chilled me

[alexiscondit]

That poor girl was dead inside, and completely miserable. Imagine being surrounded by no one who cares and then a strange foreigner covered in make up with a camera crew shows up and asks you how you feel...just soul killing...

[ivonnecardenas]

It's disgusting to think that the poor girl is going to have sex with that old man. It bothers me to see those women teaching her what to do and even being happy about it. Disgusting just disgusting.

[gingerspicelattemix]

Look at her eyes…..so distant and filled with sadness.

[volumeepicCreations]

I am Zambian, and this is very sad, most girls live their lives for men in these rural areas, they do not have their own identity. when i was in grade seven most of my female classmates dropped out of school because they had reached puberty and had to be taught how to "please" their husbands and were later on married off.

Women are more than just a chores person, Wife and a Mother!! Women are Smart and can contribute to the advancement of the country. I thank God that most advanced places in Zambia are empowering women and i hope places like the one in the video can be visited and enlightened. and we appreciate the effort those ladies are putting in to curb that mindset

If Educating women is not TRADITIONAL, then we refuse TRADITION, child Marriage must come to an end!!!

[tatianadaniel]

The men be quiet as hell on these types of documentaries.

[mazvitaselemani]

Everyone should stop calling her a "young lady" that's a child.

[Chse]

You can just tell this poor child is completely traumatized . Her eyes just screaming for help but knowing that she’s still going to be married off.

[yessica]

I know Cersei Lannister is a fictional character, but one of her quotes rings true "everywhere in the world, they hurt little girls."

[angelaemeka]

She is a child not a woman, he is a predator who can’t control his lust. He should be in jail, protect children and females/women lives all over the world.

[brittanyv]

No one is considering the wellbeing of these young girls. Truly tragic and cruel.

[janijan]

They teach the women how to treat a man. My question is do they teach the man to respect women? She doesn't look happy. 😢

[undercover]

The emptiness in her eyes when she answers questions says enough. You can tell she has almost accepted her life is over, like she is processing the shock and giving up, shutting down. The hopelessness consumes her. I hope she finds a way for her and her child to escape that misery.

[Okumiii]

She's just a child, the thought of her "helping out" a 48 yr old man in the bedroom made me feel nauseous