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Ilhan Omar: I have found it be quite alarming in the number of countries that have policies on the books that have increased the…

On the recordFebruary 4, 2020
I have found it be quite alarming in the number of countries that have policies on the books that have increased the age, the legal age for a young woman to get married, but still have this problem persist because it is such a societal norm.
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Ilhan Omar
Democratic · Minnesota

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Omar highlights the discrepancy between legal marriage age and societal norms.

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