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"A 13-year-old girl was abducted by her father’s creditor and forced to marry his older son, in a case that has activists calling for a minimum age for marriage in the country.
The plight of a kidnapped 13-year-old girl from the Shiite suburbs of southern Beirut is highlighting the lack of legal protection of women and girls in Lebanon, where ingrained cultural habits and the sway of religious authorities are blocking the advance of women’s rights.
Eva, a happy-go-lucky teenager, was abducted early last month by a creditor of her father’s and forced to marry the man’s 23-year-old son. Her case became a cause célèbre in the country, and the ensuing outcry eventually forced the Shiite religious hierarchy to back down and annul the union."
