Child Marriage

Our third animated short-film from 'Shattering the Silence', entitled “Child Marriage”, is told through the eyes of a young girl, and follows the story of Mina, a child who is pulled out of school and married off at a young age. As the film progresses, we see the physical and mental toll that an early marriage can have on a child bride, and consequently the limited opportunities that lend themselves to women with no proper educational qualifications when marriages don't work out.

Through resilience, determination and awareness, Mina is ultimately able to turn her life around when she approaches Panah - a shelter that not only takes both Mina and her daughter in but gives her vocational training.

Voiceover: Rabia Kiran Rajpoot
Illustrator: Hassham Shabbir
Producer/Scriptwriter: Eleyna Haroun
Co-Producer: Kulsum Ebrahim
Translations: Injila Hamesh
Sound: Sameer Khan