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Too Young to Wed: Destaye

Jessica Dimmock and Stephanie Sinclair · Ethiopia · Documentary · 6 min · ♥︎ 683

Fifteen-year-old Destaye, married at eleven, now splits her days between the fields and caring for her baby, her schooling left behind.

A quietly devastating look at child marriage through one Ethiopian girl's everyday life.

Fifteen-year-old Destaye and her husband divide their time between working in the fields and taking care of their 6-month-old baby. At the time of their marriage, when Destaye was age 11, she was still in school and her

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