A displaced child from minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to Islamic State in Sinjar town, rests as she makes her way, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain
A displaced child from minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to Islamic State in Sinjar town, rests as she makes her way, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain, near the Syrian border town of Elierbeh of Al-Hasakah Governorate August 10, 2014. Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority during their offensive in the north, Iraq's human rights minister told Reuters on Sunday. The Islamic State, which has declared a caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria, has prompted tens of thousands of Yazidis and Christians to flee for their lives during their push to within a 30-minute drive of the Kurdish regional capital Arbil. Picture taken August 10, 2014. Reuters

A nine-year-old girl from Australia has reportedly left the country for an arranged marriage in the Middle East. The mother of the girl told the Immigrant Women's Health Service and told the agency that her daughter left the country on Dec 1 for the Middle East.

Dr Eman Sharobeem, the chief executive of the women's health service and a doctor in psychology, said she is worried about the girl's safety. According to reports, although the girl's mother did not specifically say her child was off to marry someone in the Middle East, Sharobeem suspected she would become a child-bride. She said health service workers had become suspicious of the girl when she told them that she was leaving Australia and stay in her home country. The girl also said she was not going to school because she hates it.

While a health service worker was trying to get the child to talk about school, the girl only said it was better to stay in the Middle East where she would be "happier." Sharobeem's fears may not be unfounded since she has seen many cases of girls disappearing, but she finds out later that the girls have become pregnant or married, SMH reports.

When Sharobeem spoke to the mother of the girl, she said in limited English that her child would come back to Australia in the future. The doctor's colleague had visited the girl's home and found out that the child had already left.

Sharobeem explained that girls often go to the Immigrant Women's Health Service to ask help in negotiating with their parents. Some girls would follow what their parents told them and just accept their situation, she said. In an effort to put a stop to children being sent overseas, she suggested that more should be done to educate communities.

Previous reports in October indicated a record number of human trafficking cases in the country. SMH had reported that Australian Federal Police were investigating the cases involving forced marriages, child brides and sex slavery.

In an ABC report, Federal Justice Minister Michael Keenan remarked that the government had created a new arranged marriage safety plan to motivate young women to speak up if they were ordered to marry against their will.