From Forced Marriage to Global Podiums: The Unbreakable Journey of Roya Karimi

At fourteen, Roya was forced into a marriage she did not choose, a decision justified by her family as a path to financial stability and respectability. Instead, the marriage stripped her of the adolescent years meant for learning and discovery. By fifteen she was a mother, caring for an infant at an age when she herself still needed protection. The responsibilities she carried were immense, and there seemed to be no escape from the life that had been chosen for her.