Child brides still on the rise and well practiced; Please save these children as they have no one to turn to!!

Very disturbing image of a 51 year old getting to marry an 8yr old child in the rural Damarda Village, Afghanistan

While the International Day of the Girl Child was going on yesterday October 11  to mark and draw attention to the problem of child brides, some photos emerged with the help of the photojournalist Stephanie Sinclair who teamed up with National Geographic to create  a series of heart-breaking and polling photos clearly showing  girl children as young as five years old being married off to middle-aged men in countries like India, Yemen and Ethiopia. Please see more after the cut and share your views and  comments on this ...

Minors: Tahani (front), 8, is seen with her husband Majed, 27, and her former classmate Ghada (rear), 8, and her husband outside their home in Hajjah, Yemen

Faiz, 40 (left), and Ghulam (right), 11, sit in her home prior to their wedding in the rural Damarda Village, Afghanistan

Sadden Sarita, 15, is seen covered in tears and sweat before she is sent to her new home in Rajasthan, India