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Gender equality and looking ahead to Mandela Day
Gender equality and looking ahead to Mandela Day 1 July 2021 … the crisis. Adolescent girls in particular are at risk of child marriage and early pregnancy. Millions of children have been …
Elsa - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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Chhori: creating a society with no discrimination towards girls
… - no one even pays attention to the fact that she is a child. The government should have strong mechanisms … there is no discrimination in menstruation, education and marriage, so she can make decisions about her life on her … Speeches and Discussions …
gavin - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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Home 1
… 12 Mar 2024 In a speech at the OECD Investment Treaties Conference, Mary … Child Marriage Child marriage affects millions of …
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Women, girls, and non-binary leaders are demonstrating the kind of leadership our world so badly needs
… disasters. Droughts and floods have been tied to early marriage and sexual exploitation — sometimes last-resort … from girls For International Day of the Girl Child, Swatee Deepak, Director of With and For Girls, … Speeches and Discussions …
monika - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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Five ways to end violence against women
… past ten years, touching on issues from discrimination and child marriage to poverty and sexual violence. … passive form of violence?” asks Ela Bhatt in this 2013 speech on the need to dismantle the structures that keep …
Anonymous (not verified) - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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The Story of The Elders
… Read Nelson Mandela's inaugural speech … Girls Not Brides: Ending Child Marriage …
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Women's rights must not be taken for granted
… Norway, former Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland gives a speech on Norway's struggle for gender equality, the … every woman should be able to breastfeed her child, have a much longer pregnancy leave and access to … the latter.” He also made clear that “child marriage, the physical abuse of women, women’s slavery, …
Anonymous (not verified) - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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Defending women’s rights in turbulent times
… Delivering the keynote speech at the EU Colloquium on Fundamental Rights in … facing women and girls including female foeticide, child marriage, sexual violence and equal participation; and call …
Anonymous (not verified) - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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The COVID-19 recovery must super-charge progress towards the 2030 Agenda
… of decision-making at its core. This speech was delivered at a virtual policy forum entitled " … for the many more young girls being forced into early child marriage. It will be essential as we emerge from the …
gavin - 01/23/2023 - 15:18
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The Elders speak: Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter and Mary Robinson
… of the work of the Elders when I heard about Jimmy Carter's speech at the 2009 Parliament of the World's Religions on … things - but the suffering of a mother who has lost her child is not dependent on her nationality, ethnicity or … also lead to girls discontinuing their schooling. Marriage at a young age is a terrible risk for girls. Those …
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