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Africa: Beyond Rhetoric - Delivering On the Promise of Day of the African Child (opinion)
Fahamu, 27 June 2013
As we celebrate the 23rd edition of the Day of the African Child (DAC), it is fitting to consider how to ensure better protection for the African child in view of new and emerging ... read more »
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Africa: Girls Forced to Marry Face Physical Health Problems - Report (press release)
Human Rights Watch, 13 May 2013
Akech loved to study and dreamed of becoming a nurse. But when she was 14, the uncle who was raising her told her she was too old for school and forced her to marry a man she ... read more »
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Africa: Put a Spotlight on African Women's Reproductive Rights (opinion)
Inter Press Service, 19 May 2013
Victoria J. married in 2009 at age 14, and became pregnant shortly after. "I started labour in the morning on a Friday ... The nurse kept checking and saying I would deliver ... read more »
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Africa: Speaking Out Against Child Marriage
ThinkAfricaPress, 3 May 2013
Child marriage has been missing from international development agendas. The time is ripe for that to change. read more »
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Africa: By 2020, More Than 140 Million Girls Will Have Become Child Brides - UN
UN News Service, 7 March 2013
If current child marriage rates continue, more than 140 million girls will become child brides between 2011 and 2020, the United Nations said today, warning that little progress ... read more »
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Africa: How African Feminism Changed the World (analysis)
ThinkAfricaPress, 8 March 2013
'Feminism' has often been seen as a Western concept, but African women are increasingly redefining it to suit their own purposes. This, in turn, is influencing the rest of the ... read more »
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Sudan: NGO Decries Endorsement of Girl Child Marriage By State-Controlled Clerics
Sudan Tribune, 22 October 2012
The head of Sudan's main clerical authority, the Religious Scholars Committee (RSC), has publicly advocated girl child marriage, drawing the ire of women activists rights who ... read more »
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It is very very pathetic that this is still happening in this century. I have never taken this to be a tradition. It is barbaric and a serious crime against children, so it must stop by all means. Let us all join hands together and put an end to this evil acts.