Monday, October 7, 2013

October 11 – International Day of the Girl Child To Promote the Dignity and Rights of Girls

This day, UN agencies have come together to focus on child marriage, which is a fundamental human rights violation and impacts all aspects of a girl's life. Globally, more than one in three young women aged 20-24 years were married before they reached age 18. One third of them entered into marriage before they turned 15.

Preventing child marriage will protect girls' rights and help reduce their risks of violence, early pregnancy, HIV infection, and maternal death and disability. 

For more information on UN Women's position to end child marriage, see: UN Women: approaches to end child marriage OR watch this film:  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3gafLeQrQI

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