Niger has one of the highest rates of arrange marriages, they force these relationships on one another in hopes of moving up in social status and also uphold religious traditions. They also have a fear of getting pregnant outside of wedlock which would lead to dishonoring them. They have proposed to move the legal age of marriage to 18 but it is currently 15. 76% of girls under the age of 18 are married off already.
Zeinabou Moussa
Zeinabou Moussa was married off against her will at age 16, she had her education and old life ripped away from her. She had attempted to run away from her new husband but had been unsuccessful. After one of her attempts in running away she had managed to escape to her home, but was then beaten by her family and returned to her husband. He then proceeded to try and have non consensual sex with her and in self defense bit his penis before it can get any further than that. This shows that a lot of the marriages aren’t happy and a lot of the time forced and has a lot of emotional and physical damage.