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Indigenous women must be present at decision making tables
… processes. This blog is the first in The Elders’ 'Beyond Declarations' Climate Blog Series 2022 … As a child in my pastoralist community in Kenya, I grew up with … pregnancies and more young girls are being sold into early marriage. Women are forced to do cheap labour and …
Kate Flanagan - 03/09/2023 - 10:28
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When we empower girls, everybody benefits
… Day of the Girl, Graça Machel welcomes the focus on child marriage as an entry point to achieving universal education, … work being done in some communities. Last year my fellow Elders visited the Berhane Hewan project in the Amhara …
jonathan - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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Listening to and learning from girls
… On International Day of the Girl Child, Swatee Deepak, Director of With and For Girls, the … suffered by women and girls is an important part of The Elders' Access to Justice programme. In many countries, … to access basic healthcare, and suffer from violence, early marriage, FGM, discrimination based on ability, indigenous …
monika - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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Desmond Tutu
… People like the Elders are not here to lead change, or end wars. They are … communities tackling the harmful traditional practice of child marriage. …
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The women taking on India's domestic violence epidemic
… As The Elders launch a new programme on Access to Justice , Elca … country in the world for women and girls. Female feticide, child marriage, high levels of trafficking and the frequency and …
Jessy - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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Women, girls, and non-binary leaders are demonstrating the kind of leadership our world so badly needs
… disasters. Droughts and floods have been tied to early marriage and sexual exploitation — sometimes last-resort … movement of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil and one of The Elders' Sparks of Hope. Kabaiwun Munduruku is a Munduruku … from girls For International Day of the Girl Child, Swatee Deepak, Director of With and For Girls, …
monika - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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Working on the frontline to prevent violence against women
… Elmi highlights the importance of women peacebuilders at an Elders debate in November 2014 Rape especially is a … facing women and girls including female foeticide, child marriage, sexual violence and equal participation; and call …
Anonymous (not verified) - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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Five ways to end violence against women
… we present five different perspectives from members of The Elders over the past ten years, touching on issues from discrimination and child marriage to poverty and sexual violence. …
Anonymous (not verified) - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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The Elders newsletter
The Elders newsletter … Day of the Girl and the prominence it gave the issue of child marriage. Returning from an Elders trip to Israel, the West …
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The Elders speak: Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter and Mary Robinson
The Elders speak: Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter and Mary Robinson … things - but the suffering of a mother who has lost her child is not dependent on her nationality, ethnicity or … also lead to girls discontinuing their schooling. Marriage at a young age is a terrible risk for girls. Those …
admin - 07/21/2022 - 10:31