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Building an alliance to end child marriage
Every year, 10 million girls worldwide are married under the age of 18. In June 2011, Gro Brundtland, Mary Robinson and Desmond Tutu travelled to Ethiopia to visit projects that are successfully educating families and communities about the harmfulness of early marriage.
Video: Middle East Q&A #1 - the Elders answer your questions
Just after returning from their recent trip to the Middle East, the Elders asked their supporters around the world to send in their questions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Here, Jimmy Carter and Mary Robinson respond to some of your questions.
Jimmy Carter addresses the 2009 Parliament of the World's Religions
Speaking at the the 2009 Parliament of the World's Religions, Jimmy Carter argues that the plight of abused women is made more acceptable by the mandated subservience of women by religious leaders.
Calling for a greater role for women in the Cyprus peace process
As part of their September 2009 Cyprus visit, the Elders held meetings in the UN buffer zone in Nicosia – the only place that Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots can easily meet - with leading women from politics, civil society, business, journalism and academia. Speaking afterwards to local media they called for a greater role for women in the peace process in Cyprus.
Poverty will never be removed without the participation of women
Ela Bhatt argues that the work of women must be recognised, recorded and enhanced if poverty is ever to be tackled effectively.
My message to men
Desmond Tutu calls on men and boys to value the women in their community and to treat them with respect.
Women refuse to be victims of conflict; they are actors for change
Graça Machel and Mary Robinson state that though women are brutalised in conflict, they are not victims; they are actors for change.
Perpetrators of violence dominate peace talks at the expense of women
Mary Robinson and Lakhdar Brahimi argue that women must be included in the peace-building process.
Machismo is negative
Fernando Henrique Cardoso argues that the fight for women's rights is a common struggle in which men must participate.
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