We would like Greens Senator & Deputy Greens Leader Adam Bandt to publicly apologize for the abhorrent remark that states it is better that young adolescent girls are taken as child brides than to quote: "At least they are not in detention"
We would like Greens Senator & Deputy Greens Leader Adam Bandt to publicly apologize for the abhorrent remark that states it is better that young adolescent girls are taken as child brides than to quote: "At least they are not in detention"
The issue
This is an abhorrent statement for a prominent government politician to be making publicly using the social media tool Twitter.
Quote (http://www.icrw.org/child-marriage-facts-and-figures): Girls who marry before 18 are more likely to experience domestic violence than their peers who marry later. A study conducted by ICRW in two states in India found that girls who were married before 18 were twice as likely to report being beaten, slapped or threatened by their husbands than girls who married later.
Child brides often show signs symptomatic of sexual abuse and post-traumatic stress such as feelings of hopelessness, helplessness and severe depression.
Is this the sort of message that Greens Deputy Leader Senator Adam Bandt feels is appropriate in light of issues Australia is currently struggling with?
The issue
This is an abhorrent statement for a prominent government politician to be making publicly using the social media tool Twitter.
Quote (http://www.icrw.org/child-marriage-facts-and-figures): Girls who marry before 18 are more likely to experience domestic violence than their peers who marry later. A study conducted by ICRW in two states in India found that girls who were married before 18 were twice as likely to report being beaten, slapped or threatened by their husbands than girls who married later.
Child brides often show signs symptomatic of sexual abuse and post-traumatic stress such as feelings of hopelessness, helplessness and severe depression.
Is this the sort of message that Greens Deputy Leader Senator Adam Bandt feels is appropriate in light of issues Australia is currently struggling with?
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Petition created on 24 March 2015