‘Too Young To Wed’, An Exhibit Which Documents Child Marriage, Opens This Saturday at the Bronx Documentary Center

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©Stephanie Sinclair/VII/tooyoungtowed.org

As Westerners, we often look at the practice of child brides and marriages as archaic and barbaric, yet this harmful practice continues across the globe and is still accepted by members of their respective societies.

This Saturday, January 18th at the Bronx Documentary Center, ‘Too Young to Wed‘ opens giving us a candid look at this practice through the eyes of journalist Stephanie Sinclair, who has been not just a storyteller for these often voiceless girls and women but an advocate for ending this practice.

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©Stephanie Sinclair/VII/tooyoungtowed.org

The exhibition contains photographs by Sinclair and short videos by Jessica Dimmock and is organized in conjunction with UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) and VII Photo.

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©Stephanie Sinclair/VII/tooyoungtowed.org

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EXHIBITION RECEPTION
Saturday, January 18, 6PM – 9PM
Free and open to the public

ON VIEW

January 19 – March 16, 2014
Thursdays and Fridays 3PM – 7PM
Saturdays and Sundays 1PM – 5PM

The Bronx Documentary Center is located at 614 Courtlandt Avenue at the corner of East 151st Street and is easily accessible by
Subway: 2 or 5 train to 3rd Avenue-149th Street
Bus: BX6, BX15, BX19, BX21, BX41

Car 24-hour parking available directly next door to BDC

For more information contact info@bronxdoc.org / www.bronxdoc.org

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