They are bridesmaids, not brides.
Girls not Brides has reported on the dangers of demonising families for continuing these practices.
The charity Girls Not Brides UK is campaigning to raise the minimum age for marriage from 16 to 18.
According to the charity Girls Not Brides, 39% of Nigerian girls are married before they turn 18.
In 2011, the Elders created Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage, which now has 200 members in 38 countries.
Sabancı also headed the philanthropic Sabancı Foundation, and she supported numerous causes, including the "Girls Not Brides" initiative to end child marriages around the world.
Lakshmi coordinates the work of Girls Not Brides, a partnership of more than 300 non-governmental organisations across over 50 countries committed to ending child marriage.
Girls not Brides is a global partnership of over 360 organisations from 60 different countries, which demonstrates how this issue cuts across regions and cultures.
White is death, not innocence, not purity, not cleanliness, not brides.
The campaign dictum is, "Let girls be girls and not brides".
To learn more or get involved, visit www.GirlsNotBrides.org and watch a Girls Not Brides short educational video here.
