Posts Tagged ‘child marriage’
UN Experts Stress Empowerment of Girls
Empowerment Vital to End Violence Against Women and Girls On the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child a group of United Nations experts have stressed the importance of empowering adolescent girls to reach their potential is a key factor in eliminating violence against women and girls. “Empowerment through skills and education of girls…
Read MoreJust Married, Just a child
Child Marriage in the Indo-Pacific Region Plan International Australia has released a report entitled Just Married, Just a Child: Child Marriage in the Indo-Pacific Region. The report was written by Mark Evenhuis, Plan International Australia (international content) and Jennifer Burn, Anti-Slavery Australia (Australian content). Child marriage is a breech of the human rights of the child.…
Read MorePreventing & Eliminating Early, Child & Forced Marriage
Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has released a report outlining some of the factors that contribute to early, child and forced marriage and analyses existing measures to address and eliminate it. The report states that “empirical…
Read MoreProtecting the Girl Child
Using the Law to End Child, Early and Forced Marriage Equality Now, in partnership with TrustLaw Connect and Latham & Watkins LLP, carried out a sample survey of the legal position on child marriage and some of the interconnected issues in 18 sample countries. Child marriage is practised across the globe. The sample country reports…
Read MoreUnder Age and Forced Marriages in Australia
Coercing Someone to Marry is a Crime It has been alleged that an iman married a 12 year old girl to a 26 year old man in NSW. The girl has been placed in foster care while the 26 year old has been charged with having sex with a child and the iman has been…
Read MoreGlobal Slavery Index 2013
162 Individual Countries Ranked The Global Slavery Index 2013 has been produced by the Walk Free Foundation in consultation with experts from international organizations, think tanks and academic institutions. It provides a ranking of 162 countries around the world, based on a combined measure of three factors: estimated prevalence of modern slavery by population, a measure of child…
Read MoreStrategies to End Child Marriage
ICRW Research Reported at the UN A blueprint summarizing five strategies identified by the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) used to effectively address child marriage was released at the United Nations General Assembly in New York recently. ICRW stresses that “ending child marriage must be a priority in the next generation of development…
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