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June 27, 2016
The Dutch AWEPA Section organized a parliamentary meeting in celebration of the Day of the African Child 2016 […]
June 27, 2016
Child marriage in Ethiopia is declining. Read more about what’s fueling this decline, and what next steps need […]
June 27, 2016
UYAHF was founded in 2013 as a grassroots youth-led and youth focused advocacy organization, whose overall mandate is […]
June 27, 2016
“Suro’s Saviours” is the story of how 14 brave school children in Sursu, a village in Jharkhand took […]
June 27, 2016
“I met her on her wedding day, walked up to her and smiled. Back home no one ever […]
June 23, 2016
An American-born woman bravely speaks with ABC News about undergoing FGM when visiting relatives in India. She now works […]
June 23, 2016
Rachana Sunar, who escaped a child marriage at the age of 15, has begun using dialogue to change […]
June 23, 2016
In the western state of Rajasthan, a group of about 70 village girls, some of them already married, […]
June 23, 2016
Award winning photographer Stephanie Sinclair has been documenting some of the people campaigning for the rights of girls. […]
June 23, 2016
Speaking in Abuja at the 2016 National Children’s Day Celebration, President Buhari said “No Nigerian should be put […]
June 23, 2016
Civil society and young people are paving the way for change across Southern Africa. Developed by the Southern African […]
June 20, 2016
An article by The Economist called “An Agonising Choice” has portrayed many misguided assumptions about female genital mutilation. The article […]
June 17, 2016
Activists and forced marriage survivors Fraidy Reiss and Naila Amin speak out against child marriage in the United […]
June 2, 2016
There has been a worldwide outcry against female genital mutilation (FGM) following the death of Mayar Mohamed Mousa […]
May 23, 2016
21 men have come out against the practice of khatna, or female circumcision, within the Dawoodi Bohra community […]