UNICEF and associates are
highlighting joint efforts to end child marriage - a fundamental human rights
violation that impacts all aspects of a girl's life on the first International
Day of the Girl Child. According to Anju Malhotra with the gender and rights
section in UNICEF the UN and partners are coming together to show the
incredible progress made and to emphasize the ongoing challenges.
The release confirmed that
UNICEF supported the passage of the Child Marriage Prohibition Act of 2006, and
has since supported the development and completion of a national plan on child marriage
ceremony that aims to coordinate programmers and policies to speak to both the
causes and the consequences of child marriage.
Education is one of the most effectual
strategies to protect children against marriage. When girls are able to stay in
school an attitudinal change can also occur towards their opportunities within
the community.
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