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Girls Not Brides is a global partnership of 1400+ organisations committed to ending child marriage & enabling girls to fulfil their potential. #EndChildMarriage

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🎉 Our 2023 #ImpactReport is here 📈✨ In 2023 we: 🌍Catalysed collective action at national & state level 💪Strengthened efforts to #EndChildMarriage at regional level 🌐Developed global support ecosystem 📚Built #evidence for transformative change 🔗
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“My heart is happy." 💛 Sherry Johnson was raped when she was 8, pregnant by the age of 10 & forced to marry her rapist at 11. Now she's helped to pass a law in Florida that will help prevent #childmarriage . 👏🏽 #MondayMotivation
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Forced to marry her rapist at 11, woman finally changes Florida marriage law

“My heart is happy,” said Sherry Johnson. “My goal was to protect our children and I feel like my mission has been accomplished.

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Good news! Indonesia raises its minimum marriage age for women to 19. #EndChildMarriage
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A marriage age of 18 can save girls' lives. Why? - 90% of teenage pregnancies occur in marriage 💒 - Child brides pressured to have children 🍼 - Leading cause of 15-19 y/o girls' death: pregnancy complications ❗️ #Endchildmarriage to protect girls' health 📈 #RaiseTheAge
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Girls should be walking to school, not down the aisle. How will you celebrate #DayOfTheGirl ? #IDG2019
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Good news! Tanzanian court upholds law banning #childmarriage , in a country where 2 out of every 5 girls become #childbrides . @CNN
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If we #endchildmarriage , we can make progress on these 8 #GlobalGoals . What are we waiting for? #UNGA
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Today we offer our condolences to the family of @KofiAnnan . The world has lost a truly ethical and compassionate leader who, with his fellow @TheElders , helped found @GirlsNotBrides . We will honour him by continuing our work in promoting human rights and ending #childmarriage
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If every girl went to school, the whole world would be healthier & wealthier. #EducationDay #EducateGirls #EndChildMarriage
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Good news! New data from @UNICEF shows that 25 million #childmarriages were averted in the last decade 👧🏾👧🏾👧🏾
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“Americans spend tens of billions each year saying, ‘I do,’ @vowforgirls is about investing part of those funds in supporting girls to say, ‘I don’t.’” @MabelvanOranje #VOWforgirls #endchildmarriage
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New fund taps $100B US wedding industry to help end child marriage

VOW, launched this week, will allow brides, grooms, and the businesses that cater to them to help fund grassroots groups fighting child marriage.

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“My heart is happy." 💛 Sherry Johnson was raped when she was 8, pregnant by the age of 10 & forced to marry her rapist at 11. Now she's helped to pass a law in Florida that will help prevent #childmarriage . 👏🏽 #MondayMotivation
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Forced to marry her rapist at 11, woman finally changes Florida marriage law

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This 85yr-old woman helped build a library so girls in her village could study, not marry
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New Hampshire 🇺🇸 has raised its marriage age to 16. It may be progress, but children under 18 cannot usually enter shelters, retain lawyers or file for divorce. 18 should be the minimum marriage age #endchildmarriage
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When girls are #GirlsNotBrides they're more empowered, their families are healthier and whole countries prosper #DayoftheGirl
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“I have made it my life’s mission to end the practice of child marriage." Chief Kachindamoto has annulled over 3000 child marriages. They call her the #ChildMarriage Terminator. 🤜🏽 👇🏽 @theipaper
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"Everyone was putting pressure on me to get married, but I stayed strong against all of them." How impressive is Meghla? She not only refused #childmarriage for herself but now helps to #endchildmarriage in her community 🇧🇩 and beyond!
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“It has been a leap of faith." She's only 17, but Payal has convinced her whole village to abandon #childmarriage . Here's how. 👇🏽
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17-Year-Old Is Fighting to End Child Marriage in India After Escaping It Herself

Payal Jangid says her "greatest accomplishment" thus far is ending child marriage in her home village of Hinsla in India

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“You have to be 21 to drink. You have to be 16 to operate a car. Why on earth are the ages lower to enter into a lifelong commitment such as marriage?"
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She was an American child bride. Now, Genevieve is fighting to stop it from happening to others.

Forced into marriage at 15, Genevieve Meyer's story is not uncommon in the U.S., thanks to loopholes in state and federal laws.

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#ICYMI New York Senate unanimously approved legislation to #endchildmarriage last week! Off to the state assembly
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NY Senate passes bill to end child marriage

The New York State Senate unanimously approved legislation Tuesday to end child marriage.

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“In our village boys and girls are not equal. It’s not right – girls should have equal rights with boys." Sumi and her friends are part of a girls' club, supporting each other to say no to #childmarriage . 💛 ✨ #GalentinesDay
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Meet the girls taking on taboos in Bangladesh

Meet the girls taking on taboos in Bangladesh

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“I convinced my parents to call off my own marriage, let me finish my studies & become self-reliant before getting married.” Against a backdrop of rising conservatism in Bangladesh, girls are learning to speak out & assert their rights. 📣 ✨
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Girls in Bangladesh learn to talk their way out of forced marriage

A project in Bangladesh’s Narsingdi district is one of several making inroads on women’s rights, despite a wider conservative backlash that has proved deadly

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"If all girls attended school, we could eliminate #childmarriage ." Inspiring words from @UNICEF advocate @trishtrashers 🙌
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"I go to households and I tell parents: you should let the girl study." Cira, married at 14 #Mali
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“I’m not an item for sale, I’m a human being.” 💪🏽 @NadaAlAhdal refused #childmarriage twice, sharing her powerful #endchildmarriage message with the whole world. Now she supports girls’ human rights in Yemen through her own foundation @nadafund ! #16days #HearMeToo
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Mozambique passes law to ban #childmarriage .
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Mozambique Passes Law to End Child Marriage

Mozambique’s national assembly took an important step toward ending the country’s sky-high rate of child marriage by unanimously adopting a law banning the practice. The new law prohibits marriage of...

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Great news! El Salvador & Guatemala both just passed legislation for 18 as minimum age of marriage. Thanks to everyone who made this happen!
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Girls can be leaders, doctors, teachers, engineers. Don’t let #childmarriage stop them #IDG2018
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A marriage age of 18 can save girls' lives. Why? 💒 90% of teenage pregnancies occur in marriage 🍼 Child brides pressured to have children ❗️ Leading cause of 15-19 y/o girls' death: pregnancy complications 👩🏽 #Endchildmarriage to protect girls' health
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Amazing news, #childmarriage rates have dropped from an estimated 15 million a year to 12 million! Congratulations to all our members working to #endchildmarriage 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 Together we can make child marriage history! @UNICEF
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Good news! Iraq's Parliament reportedly drops amendment that would have let girls as young as 9 marry. Congrats to all involved 👏 #endchildmarriage
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A proposal in Iraq's parliament to lower the minimum age for girls to marry has been withdrawn
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An equal world is one where girls are free to say I do, or I don’t. ✋🙋‍♀️🌎 #endchildmarriage #DayoftheGirl
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Good news! In Ethiopia 🇪🇹 #childmarriage rates have fallen from 60% to 40% in the last ten years #endchildmarriage
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Good news! #Lebanon plans to abolish article 522, which allows rapists to marry their victims to avoid prosecution
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Girls' rights are human rights. We won't rest until girls everywhere are free to be #GirlsNotBrides . 💪🏾 💪 💪🏽
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Proud to count hundreds of #BoldWomen working to #endchildmarriage among our members. We wish them all a happy #InternationalWomensDay ! #IWD
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Pakistan's movement to #RaiseTheAge is gaining momentum! Here's why we believe 18 should be the minimum marriage age #endchildmarriage
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More than half of Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar are children. Girls will be esp. vulnerable to #childmarriage
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At Risk in Rohingya Exodus: 230,000 Children, Hundreds All Alone (Published 2017)

More than half of the 400,000 refugees who have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh since late August are children, and hundreds came without parents, Unicef said.

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10 youth advocates are presenting their recommendations to #endchildmarriage at the #HLMWCA17 . What are they? Read this thread to find out
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We have a new CEO! 🙌🏽 Dr Faith Mwangi-Powell joins us in September, bringing with her decades of experience & a powerful commitment to #genderequality . ⬇️ @fmwangipowell
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Girls Not Brides appoints new Chief Executive Officer to lead global partnership to end child marriage

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"I am so happy to learn how to use a camera and take a photo." Former child bride Mercy, 14, learns skills & confidence to tell her story #endchildmarriageKE
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Good news! In Ethiopia 🇪🇹 #childmarriage rates have fallen from 60% to 40% in the last ten years #endchildmarriage
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Why is #childmarriage a violation of girls' most basic #humanrights ? Here's why #HumanRightsDay
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More than 1,200 children in Massachusetts were married between 2000 and 2016, primarily girls marrying adult men. @HRW
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Massachusetts State Senate Votes to Ban Child Marriage

Yesterday, the Massachusetts State Senate unanimously voted to ban child marriage in the state.

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What does #childmarriage have in common with #FGM ? They're both driven by gender inequality ♂️ ♀️ They force girls out of school, harm their health & risk their lives ❗ But we CAN #endchildmarriage & #endFGM ! 💪🏽
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What do @trishtrashers , @stelladamasus and @beyonce all have in common? They all raised their voices to #endchildmarriage in 2017!
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10 Celebrities Who Spoke Up Against Child Marriage in 2017

Making sure that child marriage never disappears from the limelight will help put a stop to it. Which is where celebrity voices come in.

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"If we can keep girls in school, out of marriage and protect them from HIV infection, they will be better educated, healthier and more prosperous" @MabelvanOranje
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Exciting news! We are thrilled to announce the Girls First Fund, bringing #endchildmarriage funding from a group of private donors to community-based organisations. Sign up for updates here! #GNB2018 #GNBLive
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Girls First Fund - Girls Create Their Own Futures

Girls First Fund is a Nonprofit that ensures that all girls have the opportunity to realize their full rights and potential.

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What happens when we #endchildmarriage ? Girls stay in school > learn how to support themselves > less likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth > they have fewer, healthier children > everybody benefits. How to improve the world in #280characters
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“In the past, girls didn’t dare refuse to marry. Now, they are daring.” 💪🏾 @Nytimes investigates a quiet revolution in Niger, where girls are refusing #childmarriage & women saying no to unhappy marriages.
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Good news! Malaysia's 🇲🇾 Prime Minister has issued a directive for all states to raise the marriage age to 18 🙌🏽 #endchildmarriage
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"It wasn’t two star-crossed lovers, it’s not Romeo and Juliet. It was a predatory marriage.” #Childmarriage happens all over the US. It's time to #RaiseTheAge of marriage to 18, without exceptions. 🙅🏼
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'Wide-open potential for abuse': States are ground zero in the fight against child marriage

A majority of states allow 16- and 17-year-olds to wed, and 17 states have no minimum age to marry, experts say.

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What do we need to #endchildmarriage ? 💪🏾 Girls' empowerment 👪 Committed families and communities 🏫 Excellent services for girls 📜 Strong laws & policies
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📢 Exciting news! Canada's Minister for International Development, Hon. Harjit Sajjan, pledges $3M CAD over 3 years (2024-2026) to Girls Not Brides to #EndChildMarriage and advance the SDGs. We welcome this renewed commitment to supporting civil society to #EndChildMarriage 🤝
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Every girl & woman deserves: 🏫 Sex education 🏥 Sexual & reproductive health care 👧 Freedom from #childmarriage so she can choose her own future 🆓 The right to choose if, when & with whom she has children When #SheDecides , the world is better, stronger & safer! #SheDecidesDay
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"Our [relatives] should stop marrying [girls] off. They should educate them to become lawyers, teachers, engineers & bankers who can change our community." Scholastica Nacap escaped #childmarriage at 13. Now she's a mentor, educator & businesswoman! 💪🏾
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The Ugandan girl who trekked barefoot to escape marriage at 13

Scholastica Nacap fled to avoid being wed to a much older man. Now she helps teach other girls to safeguard their future

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1000 members strong! 🙋🏾🙋🏼🙋🏽 We are thrilled to announce that our partnership has grown to over 1️⃣ 0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣members in almost 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣countries. By working together we'll #endchildmarriage once and for all! #GNB2018 #GNBLive
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Around the world, girls and young women are disproportionately affected by #HIV . Many of the factors putting girls at risk of #HIV also put them at risk of #childmarriage . But when girls are empowered & educated, they can choose a safe & healthy future! 🎓🙆🏽🌿 ✨ #WorldAIDSDay
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#Education is critical to help girls stay in school and out of marriage. #62milliongirls #DayoftheGirl http://t.co/FoqsRyCKWK
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🎵 We are #GirlsNotBrides . We know our rights, we speak them out. 🎵 Our anthem was written & performed by a group of inspiring girls in Zambia 🇿🇲. When girls take control of their own lives, incredible things happen. #EndChildMarriage #EmpowerGirls #EducateGirls
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2017 had its ups and downs. Here are some of the highlights from a year working to #endchildmarriage
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#Germany set to increase the minimum age of marriage to 18 after concern over child marriages between refugees
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Great news! 75+ countries co-sponsored resolution to #endchildmarriage in humanitarian settings #HRC35 @UN_HRC 🙌
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Resolution to #endchildmarriage in humanitarian settings adopted without a vote at #HRC35 !!! Over 75 co-sponsors supported the resolution!
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“You have to be 21 to drink. You have to be 16 to operate a car. Why on earth are the ages lower to enter into a lifelong commitment such as marriage?"
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She was an American child bride. Now, Genevieve is fighting to stop it from happening to others.

Forced into marriage at 15, Genevieve Meyer's story is not uncommon in the U.S., thanks to loopholes in state and federal laws.

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When a girl is free to stay in school, she is more likely to stay out of #childmarriage . #EndChildMarriage
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15 million girls marry each year. But did you know that #childmarriage happens across the US too?
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15 million children marry each year, including in the United States. Join us and help #EndChildMarriage .
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"Because I am a girl, I have to get married at 13, have babies before my body is ready & have more children than I can keep healthy." This powerful video from @PlanGlobal shows the devastating cost of #childmarriage ... & girls' incredible potential. 💪🏽✨
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Ending #childmarriage isn't just about achieving gender equality. It's about achieving half of the #SDGs ! #dayofthegirl
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“I will not marry off my daughter before 18. I have a dream to send her in town for her education." 💛 What's changing men's attitudes to gender equality ♂️ ♀️ in Bangladesh & Nepal? 👇🏽
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Nada is a 17-year-old wife & mother of two, but according to official records, none of this happened. Until births & marriages are legally registered, #childmarriage like Nada's will continue to go unchallenged in Egypt 🇪🇬 #endchildmarriage
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Despite child marriage being illegal in Egypt, it is still all too

CAIRO: Nada Mohammed has been married for nearly two years and has two children. But there is no official record of her marriage, or of her children’s birth. This is because Nada was married at just

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If every girl went to school, the whole world would be healthier & wealthier. #EducateGirls #EndChildMarriage
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"I am a role model." 🙋🏾 Jenipher was a #childbride at 14. Now she's back in school & planning to go to university. What an inspiration! #endchildmarriage @UNFPA
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When girls go to 📚 school 🏫, they don't just become better educated. They are healthier 👩🏽, earn more money 💰, marry later 💒, have fewer children 🤰 & provide better health care & education for their own children 👪
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Can you imagine a world without #childmarriage , with every girl free to be a child & fulfil her potential? RT if you want to #endchildmarriage everywhere!
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Gender equality is integral to all the #GlobalGoals , yet progress has been agonizingly slow. We need a robust feminist agenda to shift gears. 💥 ✨ #UNGA via @UN_Women
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Happy International #YouthDay ! We're celebrating some of the incredible activists this year working to #endchildmarriage and make changes in their communities across the world.👇✨🌎📢
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5 personal stories, 5 inspiring girls... whose activism to #endchildmarriage in their communities has been beautifully documented in last week's @guardian . ✨ 📷: @ThomPierce Read about it here:👇
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The girls and women fighting to stop child marriage – photo essay

Five women affected by child marriage tell their stories – and of their struggles to protect others

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How do we #endchildmarriage ? 📜 Strong laws against #childmarriage + 💪🏾 Empowered girls + 👪 Families & communities committed to end child marriage + 🏥 Great services (like education & healthcare) for girls Read our theory of change to learn more:
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Why is #childmarriage a form of violence against girls?
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When we #endchildmarriage , the whole world is lifted up. 🙌🏽 🙌 🙌🏾 #MomentOfLift
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Fatema nearly became a #childbride at 11. Not only did she avoid #childmarriage , but she got herself into school & learned 💻 computer skills! We love seeing #GirlsInICT empower themselves 💪🏾
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1 in 5 girls in Pakistan becomes a #childbride , but a new bill could help change that. 👇🏼 @hrw
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Time to End Child Marriage in Pakistan

Pakistan’s human rights minister, Shireen M. Mazari, recently spoke of her government’s commitment to advancing human rights for all Pakistani citizens. 

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"This is historic." Delaware could become the first US 🇺🇸 state to ban #childmarriage without exceptions! #endchildmarriage
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"In the last 18 months, the Children's Forum has stopped 13 marriages, while I have managed to stop seven. We're very proud of that." We are so proud of #endchildmarriage advocate Meghla! @VICE
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Meet the Mayan women who are turning their communities away from child marriage. 🇬🇹🧡 #endchildmarriage
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IT TAKES A VILLAGE

IT TAKES A VILLAGE

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Can you imagine a world without #childmarriage , with every girl free to fulfil her potential? RT if you want to #endchildmarriage everywhere!
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Working to #endchildmarriage matters now more than ever as girls continue to be disproportionately affected during crises like #COVID19 .
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This girl is an inspiration! Convincing her friend's dad not to marry his daughter & send her back to school instead 👏 #endchildmarriage
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. @ZiauddinY showed us this video of a Pakistani girl convincing her friend's father to send her back to school. Girls are advocates!
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Missouri 🇺🇸 raised its marriage age to 16. It may be progress, but at 16 children cannot enter domestic violence shelters ⚠️, rent property 🏠, sign contracts 📃, file for divorce or hire a lawyer 👩‍⚖️ #RaiseTheAge to 18 to help #endchildmarriage 🔞
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📣 Exciting News! @WomenDeliver 2023 is just around the corner, bringing together powerful voices and ideas for #genderequality . 🌟 Stay tuned to find out where you'll find Girls Not Brides at #WomenDeliver2023 ! #EndChildMarriage #WD2023
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The longer a girl stays in school, the less likely she is to be married before the age of 18 #endchildmarriage #fundeducation
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Learning and Resources

Welcome to our learning hub! On this page you will find tools, resources and events to learn more about child marriage and related issues, and be successful in your advocacy, youth activism and...

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Good news! Uganda 🇺🇬 launches 5-year programme to #endchildmarriage & address early pregnancy 🎯 When families, communities, civil society & govt work together, every country can empower girls 👭 & #endchildmarriage !
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Girls with no education are 3 times as likely to be #childbrides as girls who stay in school. #EducationDay #EndChildMarriage
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Learning and Resources

Welcome to our learning hub! On this page you will find tools, resources and events to learn more about child marriage and related issues, and be successful in your advocacy, youth activism and...

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"Marriage is a pleasure and a cheerful thing, but before 18, it is not joyful." 15 yo activist Mitaly #Bangladesh
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We cannot #endchildmarriage without strengthening services. Girls need safe schools, healthcare, jobs and protection systems to achieve their potential
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“I told all my friends to study. To learn skills to be independent and then get married. If you get married now, you will have children and life will be difficult.” Ruby [2nd left] is determined that neither she or her friends will marry before they’re ready. 🧡 #EndChildMarriage
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Girls should be walking to school, not down the aisle. 🙋🏾 #EndChildMarriage #GirlsNotBrides
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Happy #SheDecidesDay ! Today we call 📣 for every girl’s right to decide if, when & with whom she marries or has children #endchildmarriage #SheDecides
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“Girls have rights: to say no to FGM, to early marriage. They have the right to education. They should never give up.” 💪🏽 💪🏽 Josephine & Cecilia were nearly forced into FGM & #childmarriage . They escaped. Now they're in charge of their futures. 💛
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This is brilliant news for the children of #RhodeIsland 🙌 Huge congratulations to @UnchainedAtLast for leading & championing this journey to #endchildmarriage 🎉👏
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And with @GovDanMcKee ’s signature, #RhodeIsland became the fifth U.S. state to #EndChildMarriage , #18NoExceptions ! Thank you to Rep. @JulieCasimiroRI and Sen. #JohnBurke for being such amazing champions for #RI children!
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"When people hear of child marriage in developing nations they are rightly appalled, but many have no idea that it is legally happening in the UK" - @SarahChampionMP .
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Child marriage is child abuse – we must stamp it out by raising the legal age

When people hear of child marriage in developing nations they are rightly appalled, but many have no idea that it is legally happening in the UK.

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