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Dilrabo says she agreed to get married at the age of 16 to escape the dire life she faced after her father died and mother remarried, leaving her at a state boarding school for underprivileged children.
“My marriage only lasted two years…during which I faced abuse at the hands of my husband. Now, my young son and I have nowhere to live,” said the 23-year-old Dushanbe resident, who requested that her family name not be published.
Dilrabo says her life “may have been different” if she hadn’t ended her studies after the seventh grade and…
