A report has said that a teenage Saudi girl, who was forced to marry a 90-year-old man, has been granted a divorce after a local human rights group intervened.
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Divorce can be traumatic for children and create a sense of insecurity amongst them. Couples should realize that joined parenting is important even after divorce.
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Al-Hayat daily had reported that the teenager locked herself inside the bedroom on her wedding night before fleeing the man's home and returning to her parents.
The Saudi Human Rights Commission raised the case 'after learning of the marriage of the minor girl' in southeast Saudi Arabia, the group's head, Bandar al-Ayban, said in a statement, the Age reports.
According to the report, another commission member, Hadi al-Yami, said the girl had "expressed her rejection of this marriage."
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Yami said that the commission is 'trying in cooperation with ministries of justice and health to prevent such marriages," it added.
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