Aisha* was raised in a one room apartment adjacent to her father’s grocery shop in a small town 100 kilometres from Sana’a, Yemen’s capital. When she was 12, her father introduced her to a 60-year-old man and informed her that the man had paid him to marry her.

During the Commission on the Status of Women, UNFPA sat down with Ashley Judd to discuss her appointment and long-time dedication to promoting every girl’s right to reach her full potential.