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US legislates to prevent child marriage worldwide
US legislates to prevent child marriage worldwide 4 March 2013 … a bill stating that child marriage breaches fundamental human rights – and requiring the US to integrate the …
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Early marriage robs children of their opportunities
Early marriage robs children of their opportunities 1 August … we urge the Obama administration to make eliminating child marriage a foreign policy goal." Writing in the … Child Marriage Act, which describes child marriage as a human rights violation and recommends an integrated approach …
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Google+ Hangout with Mary Robinson and child marriage activists
Google+ Hangout with Mary Robinson and child marriage activists 11 October 2012 … and is a former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. She is also a member of The Elders, a group …
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2030: a world free of child marriage
2030: a world free of child marriage 29 January 2013 … Members come from a diverse background: some work to defend human rights, some to ensure maternal health, others to …
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African campaigners come together to tackle child marriage
African campaigners come together to tackle child marriage 6 December 2012 … in virtually every country in Africa and represents both a human rights violation and an impediment to development. …
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The world we want: an end to child marriage
The world we want: an end to child marriage 23 September 2013 … address some of the world’s most intractable poverty and human rights challenges”. As the 2015 expiration …
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The Story of The Elders
… Jimmy Carter , and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and former President of Ireland Mary … Girls Not Brides: Ending Child Marriage …
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Graça Machel
… women “Let us give a face and a voice to that girl child who has been ignored. When at last she is front and … experts and activists on numerous issues including: child marriage, gender-based violence and healthcare in Ethiopia … Machel says. A constant advocate for good governance, human rights and development in Africa, Graça Machel has …
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'The Elders' take a stand against child marriage
'The Elders' take a stand against child marriage 25 January 2012 … former president of Ireland and UN high commissioner for human rights. Like Mandela, the Burmese democracy …
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The Elders newsletter
… new ways of managing migration that respects and protects human dignity. January 2018: Kofi Annan In his … Day of the Girl and the prominence it gave the issue of child marriage. Returning from an Elders trip to Israel, the West …