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Independent global leaders working together for peace and human rights.

Child marriage

Child marriage affects millions of girls worldwide. The Elders are bringing together organisations working locally, nationally and internationally to build a global partnership to end this harmful practice.

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News Gro Harlem Brundtland, Graça Machel, 23 September 2011

End Child Marriage Now

Dr Gro Brundtland and Graça Machel write in the Daily Beast that the practice of young girls becoming wives undermines equality and is a harmful “tradition” that must change.

News Gro Harlem Brundtland, Graça Machel, 23 September 2011

Pour en finir avec le mariage des filles, que rien ne justifie

Le mariage des enfants est une tradition qui entrave le développement sur plusieurs plans : l'éducation, la santé, la pauvreté et l'égalité. Pourtant, écrivent Gro Brundtland et Graça Machel, ce sujet est rarement évoqué par les instances décisionnaires. Tribune publiée sur Rue89.

Photos 17 June 2011

Towards an end to child marriage

In June 2011 Elders Gro Brundtland, Graça Machel, Mary Robinson and Desmond Tutu travelled to Ethiopia to visit communities affected by child marriage and convene a meeting of experts and activists working to end child marriage around the world.

The Elders

Independent global leaders working together for peace and human rights.

Child marriage

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End Child Marriage Now

Pour en finir avec le mariage des filles, que rien ne justifie

Towards an end to child marriage

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