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After the MDGs: creating a holistic global development model
… fellow Elders and I were especially glad to see that ending child marriage has been included as a target in the goal to empower women and achieve gender equality. As many will know, we have campaigned vigorously …
Anonymous (not verified) - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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Equality for Girls & Women
Equality for Girls & Women … this work focused on addressing the harmful practice of child marriage. The Elders have also supported efforts to …
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Human rights and solidarity are at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals
… Goals, including the right to health, education, justice, equality and clean energy, are essential to enable all of … region of Africa, schoolgirls who had managed to escape child marriage in India, and mothers living as refugees in Italy …
Elsa - 01/23/2023 - 15:11
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Sustainable development, democracy, peace: the key role of women
… demand for fundamental human rights, freedom of expression, equality, and an end to corruption and discrimination. … 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 …
Anonymous (not verified) - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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Forthright and feminist: Norway's first woman leader
… in 1965. Skip ahead to: Ending child marriage Democracy in Egypt Sustainable … members out of 18 in her second cabinet. (Norway’s Gender Equality Act – originally enacted in 1978 – was amended …
Anonymous (not verified) - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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Women's rights must not be taken for granted
… "Why is it so important to promote and safeguard gender equality? It is a matter of human rights. It is a matter of … every woman should be able to breastfeed her child, have a much longer pregnancy leave and access to … the latter.” He also made clear that “child marriage, the physical abuse of women, women’s slavery, …
Anonymous (not verified) - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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The Story of The Elders
… Girls Not Brides: Ending Child Marriage … to our work, from human rights and peacebuilding to gender equality and justice for all.” - Mary Robinson …
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Defending women’s rights in turbulent times
… narratives on- and offline all threaten the principles of equality, which many of us hoped in recent years had become … 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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التنمية المستدامة والديمقراطية والسلام: دور المرأة الرئيسي
… demand for fundamental human rights, freedom of expression, equality, and an end to corruption and discrimination. … 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 …
jonathan - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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10 Years Young, 100 Years Courageous
… Girls Not Brides , the global campaign against child marriage which has helped improve the lives of girls and … an institutional symbol of the UN’s commitment to gender equality and female empowerment. These are issues dear …
Anonymous (not verified) - 07/21/2022 - 10:31