The photographic exhibition "Too young for marriage" makes its last stop in Meknes on June 11, 2014, before its return to New York. Organized by Amnesty International-Morocco (AIM) and the UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund in Morocco, it has traveled the world with poignant photos of young girls forced into marriage with men they do not know, deprived of their childhood and schooling. Young girls often exposed to sexual violence and early pregnancies leading to complications during childbirth and even leading to death. This exhibition is part of a multimedia campaign that aims to raise awareness about child marriage, to help girls who are already married, and to put an end to this practice, in order to prevent 142 million girls from suffering the same fate over the next ten years. The idea is to lift the veil on child marriage, which deprives girls of their education, health, and future prospects, and to alert public opinion to early marriage, which exposes them to multiple risks in terms of sexual and reproductive health. "Young girls are not mature enough nor psychologically ready to become wives and mothers. The consequences of early marriage can be catastrophic both for themselves and for their families," explain the initiators of this project. For them, this exhibition should serve to expand the offer and access to information and sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and young people, to abolish the marriage of minors, and to fight against gender-based violence. The UNFPA and AIM also collaborate with governments and partners of all stripes to promote policies, laws, and dialogue conducive to the protection of the rights of adolescent girls and the respect for their dignity. They draw attention to their needs and their reality, given that early marriage exposes them to serious risks and endangers their lives. In developing countries, about 90% of adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 are already married when they give birth to a child. And Morocco is also concerned by the problem of the marriage of minors. The number of girls married under the age of 18 went from 33,253 in 2009 to 39,031 in 2011 (i.e., 12% of all marriages) according to statistics from the Ministry of Justice. A problem that jeopardizes the health of young girls, hinders their education, and limits their employment potential and empowerment by leading them to perpetuate the cycle of poverty. Note that the UNFPA produced this exhibition in partnership with VII, a photography agency recognized for its work on social issues and human rights. The creative team of "Too young for marriage" is led by photographer Stephanie Sinclair. Sensitized to the problem of child marriage in the context of her work, she has been working for nearly ten years to document this situation all over the world.