Feiten"Ending Child Marriage to Empower a Generation of Girls"
Every year 14 million girls are married as children, denied their rights to health, education, and opportunity, and robbed of their childhood. Mabel van Oranje has an inspiring vision of what the world could look like if there were no child brides, and initiated Girls Not Brides with the bold goal of ending child marriage in one generation. Child marriage traps girls and their communities in poverty. By ending the practice, the global community can start to address some of the most difficult challenges in development. Girls Not Brides is a global partnership of more than 300 civil society organizations working across 50 countries. By joining forces and working at all levels—from grassroots to international—members of the global community can tackle this harmful social norm and end child marriage. |
StatementsMabel van Oranje, Board Chair of Girls Not Brides, talks to IWHC's Leadership Council about the challenges and prospects of ending child marriage in a generation..
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Skoll Foundation presents the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship
each year to a select few social entrepreneurs whose proven innovations
have demonstrated impact on some of the world's most pressing problems.
The Skoll Award recognizes organizations with the potential to not only
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system-level change.
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LinksEvery year, approximately 14 million girls are married
before they turn 18 robbed of their rights to education, health and a life free
of violence. Child marriage undermines our efforts to build a healthier, safer,
just and more prosperous world for all. Solutions exist. Child marriage can
end. But we must work together.
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