In 2016, Girls Not Brides met Sumina in a makeshift shelter in Katmandu, Nepal. Sumina fell in love and married when she was 15, just before the earthquake devastated her home. Now with an ill 8-month-old baby and heart problems, she and her husband are struggling to make ends meet. This is her story.

37% of Nepalese girls are married before the age of 18. The causes of child marriage range from poverty, food insecurity, and lack of alternatives such as access to education.

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