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A moral leader: India’s chance to spearhead efforts to end child marriage worldwide
… moral leader: India’s chance to spearhead efforts to end child marriage worldwide 23 March 2012 … chronic poverty Today, India is not only the largest democracy in the world, it is also an economic giant in the …
jonathan - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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Sustainable development, democracy, peace: the key role of women
Sustainable development, democracy, peace: the key role of women 3 December 2012 … behind the UN Secretary-General’s “Every woman, every child” campaign to help member countries reach the … and health. This is the often taboo subject of child marriage. Every year around the world, an estimated …
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The Story of The Elders
… Girls Not Brides: Ending Child Marriage … Pioneering lawyer and pro-democracy campaigner Hina Jilani and former …
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Graça Machel
… women “Let us give a face and a voice to that girl child who has been ignored. When at last she is front and … experts and activists on numerous issues including: child marriage, gender-based violence and healthcare in Ethiopia … on the African continent, as well as good governance and democracy. As Founder and President of the …
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Mary Robinson: 'I feel a terrible sense of urgency'
… Guardian, Mary Robinson describes her life and work - as a child growing up in County Mayo, Ireland; as a young senator … the event the estrangement lasted only three months – the marriage has now lasted for 40 years – but it simply … the more important, she thinks, because the world's largest democracy seems, at the moment, so fragile. "Obama's trying …
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Mary Robinson
… mobilises women leaders at the highest levels to promote democracy and gender equality. She is a member and former … meeting of experts and activists working to end child marriage, which was followed by a visit to India in February …