Pakistan's high rate of marriages for underage girls had been inching lower in recent years, but after unprecedented floods in 2022, rights workers warn such weddings are now on the rise due to climate-driven economic insecurity.
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00:00This is the story of the village of Boda.
00:02Boda, India
00:22We have been wandering for many years.
00:24We have no home.
00:26We have no family.
00:28We have no home.
00:30We don't have a home.
00:32We have not been able to find a job.
00:34We have no money.
00:36We are poor, without food or clothing.
00:38We are poor.
00:40We are poor.
00:42We are poor.
00:44We are poor.
00:50We don't have a house.
00:52We don't have a house.
00:54We don't have a house.
00:58We are going to the village.
01:02The figures after the climate change
01:06have shown that in one year
01:09only 45 marriages have taken place in one village.
01:12The village is made up of 250 households.
01:16In the last three months,
01:1915 marriages have taken place.
01:29In the last three months,
01:33the number of marriages has increased.
01:38In the last three months,
01:42the number of marriages has increased.
01:47I have been advised by my mother
01:51that if the number of marriages increases,
01:55it will be difficult for us to survive.
02:17My parents got married when I was 9 years old.
02:21My parents got married when I was 9 years old.
02:25I have lived my life with my mother and father.
02:28I have lived my life with my mother and father.