Old enough to rape, too young to have rights?

What do Brazil and Yemen have in common?

They both support the patriarchal control of girls for the benefit of men and male-centered institutions.

JJ blogged about the odious attempt by the Catholic Church in Brazil to stop a 9 year-old girl - who was raped and impregnated by her step-father (he denies being a pedophile) - from having an abortion.

DAMMIT JANET! brings you news about Nojoud Muhammad Nasser who successfully divorced the man she was forced to marry when she was 8 years old.

Yemen has barred a former child bride from being honored in Austria, saying she is too young to travel alone.

When she was less than 10 years old, the girl was forced to marry a man at least three times her age. After being raped and abused by him, she successfully filed for divorce and traveled abroad to talk about her ordeal.

Thursday evening, the girl will be commended for her courage at an awards gala in the Austrian capital. But she cannot attend because Yemeni authorities have confiscated her passport, saying she is too young to travel by herself.

The organizers of the event held a press conference to denounce the Yemen authorities who stopped Nojoud from receiving her award.

"They want to prevent this courageous girl from participating tonight," said Georg Kindel, who founded the awards in 2004.

Northern Irish Nobel peace laureate Betty Williams, who came to Vienna to receive the World Achievement Award presented by Jordanian Queen Noor, said a demonstration should be organised in front of Yemen's embassy in Vienna.

There should be demonstrations in front of all Yemen embassies to protest this.

The photograph of Nojoud was found at Sweetness and Light.