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Over the past decade, nearly 58 million girls were married before the age of 18. Child marriage is a truly global problem: In Africa, 42 percent of girls are married before turning 18, but it is also prevalent in parts of Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean (in South Asia, for instance, 46 percent of girls are married before turning 18). Child brides often start childbearing early, leading to complications and producing high rates of maternal morbidity and mortality among girls in developing countries. Married girls are often forced to leave school, negatively affecting their ability to work and provide for their families. At the Wilson Center on June 17, 2013, panelists from CARE Ethiopia, Girls Not Brides, the International Center for Research on Women, Population Council, Save the Children, UNICEF, and USAID described current policies and programs working to support young women and delay marriage.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/vision-innovation-and-action-t...
The UK, through the Department for International Development, is working with Save the Children to supply tents and emergency shelter kits to thousands of people whose houses have been washed away or damaged in the monsoon floods in Pakistan.
To find out more about how the UK is helping in Pakistan please visit: www.dfid.gov.uk/Media-Room/News-Stories/2010/Floods-in-Pa...
Photo credit: Save the Children
Ever since Save the Children established the Lost Child Center, supported by UN OCHA, 15 children on average have been daily reunited with their families. Through the staff's community mobilization efforts, parents, street leaders, imams and families are well aware of the center's services. At the camp entrance, police and security guards are familiar with the Center and focal points of contact if a child wanders off the camp. The center staff and volunteers have created child friendly maps, a free hotline service, identification cards for all families, and different coloured bracelets for each of the camp's 12 districts.
Syrian volunteers working at the Lost Child Center are identified by their green t-shirts and caps. The Center has a large green flag with a yellow circle in the middle for children and parents to easily identify its location. More than 1,150 lost children have been reunited with their families since the Center began functioning in February 2013.
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Pioneers of the emerging contemporary craft movement are urging people to join them to create a giant jigsaw embroidered with provocative messages to support Save the Children's Race Against Hunger Campaign 2012/2013
Graffiti knitting street artist, Deadly Knitshade, whose street art includes a Parliament Square phone box cosy and a giant upcycled squid, Hilary Pullen, writer of social media tip blog 'Craft Blog UK', and Mr X Stitch, an original manbroiderer, are joining the Craftivist Collective's Jigsaw Project, which launches on World Food Day on October 16th and runs until the spring, joining the campaign to put hunger at the top of the agenda at the G8 next summer and encouraging us all to be part of the solution to tackle hunger, not part of the problem.
Somali girls enjoy cultural dance during their break time at Bulsho Child Friendly Space, Heleweyn camp, Dollo Ado. Here they are enrolled in Save the ChildrenâÂÂs Alternative Basic Education programme (ABE) for Somali refugees; which will ensure that children who have been unable to access education are able to catch up via a consolidated curriculum.
Photo /story credit: EU/ ECHO and Save the Children
Kevin O'Malley -- Publisher, Esquire; America Ferrera -- Star of Ugly Betty, Save the Children Artist Ambassador and host of the event; and Philip H. Geier, Jr -- Trustee, Save the Children Campaign Council Member, Survive to 5 at the "Save the Children" benefit at Esquire Soho on October 12, 2009 in New York City.
Learn more about Save the Children's Survive to 5 campaign at: www.savethechildren.org/programs/health/child-survival/su...
Join the conversation and follow Save the Children on:
* Twitter: twitter/savethechildren
* Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Save-the-Children/8047221596
About The Project:
Pioneers of the emerging contemporary craft movement are urging people to join them to create a giant jigsaw embroidered with provocative messages to support Save the Children's Race Against Hunger Campaign 2012/2013
Graffiti knitting street artist, Deadly Knitshade, whose street art includes a Parliament Square phone box cosy and a giant upcycled squid, Hilary Pullen, writer of social media tip blog 'Craft Blog UK', and Mr X Stitch, an original manbroiderer, are joining the Craftivist Collective's Jigsaw Project, which launches on World Food Day on October 16th and runs until the spring, joining the campaign to put hunger at the top of the agenda at the G8 next summer and encouraging us all to be part of the solution to tackle hunger, not part of the problem.
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THE SPEYSIDE SESSIONS
Traditional Scottish Folk Music With A Modern Twist
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The Speyside Sessions was organized by actor Kevin McKidd and best friend James D. Reid. A love letter to their homeland, the album was recorded live in a house on the banks of the River Spey in the Highlands of Scotland over Hogmanay 2011/2012. The songs reflect the varied styles of Scottish folk music as well as the communal spirit with which this group of friends and players came together to make good music and support Save the Children.
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A mother who has just given birth holds her new born baby in the maternity ward in Nimule Hospital, South Sudan.
Infant Mortality rates are some of the worst in the world, but due to the work of NGOs such as Merlin and Save the Children in Nimule they have some of the best child delivery rates in the country.
HMS Daring has today loaded her stores at Cebu port with lifesaving humanitarian aid and is on her way to Philippine islands that have been without help since Typhoon Haiyan struck.
The flight crew flew their Lynx helicopter on six recces of remote areas for signs of destruction, covering a total of 48 islands and 32,000 nautical miles squared. From the images that came back, the command team have now identified several areas that are desperately in need of aid.
HMS Daring, which was in the South China Sea as part of the exercise, immediately changed course to head for the stricken state where more than 10,000 people are believed dead. It is estimated she will arrive at the Philippines in three days' time.
AB(WS) Chris Oldland
HMS Daring
America Ferrera -- Star of Ugly Betty, Save the Children Artist Ambassador hosted a benefit for Save the Children at Esquire SoHo in New York City on October 12, 2009.
The "Ugly Betty" star, who hosted the event, became an ambassador for Save the Children in September 2008.
America: "If my parents had not been able to leave Honduras, I would have been one of the children who needed to be saved.
Once I saw with my own eyes the difference Save the Children's work is making, I had an obligation to give back."
Learn more about Save the Children's Survive to 5 campaign at: www.savethechildren.org/programs/health/child-survival/su...
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HMS Daring has today loaded her stores at Cebu port with lifesaving humanitarian aid and is on her way to Philippine islands that have been without help since Typhoon Haiyan struck.
The flight crew flew their Lynx helicopter on six recces of remote areas for signs of destruction, covering a total of 48 islands and 32,000 nautical miles squared. From the images that came back, the command team have now identified several areas that are desperately in need of aid.
Photo:
A stores party from HMS Daring load humanitarian stores onto a barge in Cebu.
POPHOT Paul A'Barrow
HMS Daring
With its partners, the EU provides assistance to meet the most urgent needs of the most vulnerable in Ukraine. EU’s humanitarian aid in Eastern Ukraine includes education and psychosocial support to children as in this Community Center in Avdiivka run by Save the Children. The center and its mobile teams conduct signature programs for children and their parents with a focus on psychosocial support. Ukraine, October 2017 ©European Union/ECHO/Oleksandr Ratushniak
With its partners, the EU provides assistance to meet the most urgent needs of the most vulnerable in Ukraine. EU’s humanitarian aid in Eastern Ukraine includes education and psychosocial support to children as in this Community Center in Avdiivka run by Save the Children. The center and its mobile teams conduct signature programs for children and their parents with a focus on psychosocial support. Ukraine, October 2017 ©European Union/ECHO/Oleksandr Ratushniak
This photo is a supplement to a video I have on YouTube where you get to vote on how I help Save the Children USA, you can see it here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTP6CtSGzik
Save the Children USA has a program called "Survive 'Till Five". Between pregnancy and the age of five is the most vulnerable time where you have early infant and child mortality.
Save the Children hopes to change this with a series of medical and education programs designed to ensure that children survive until age five and beyond.
This photo was taken at an education session in Barguna District in Bangladesh where mothers were being taught to look out for the signs of pneumonia .
Over the past decade, nearly 58 million girls were married before the age of 18. Child marriage is a truly global problem: In Africa, 42 percent of girls are married before turning 18, but it is also prevalent in parts of Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean (in South Asia, for instance, 46 percent of girls are married before turning 18). Child brides often start childbearing early, leading to complications and producing high rates of maternal morbidity and mortality among girls in developing countries. Married girls are often forced to leave school, negatively affecting their ability to work and provide for their families. At the Wilson Center on June 17, 2013, panelists from CARE Ethiopia, Girls Not Brides, the International Center for Research on Women, Population Council, Save the Children, UNICEF, and USAID described current policies and programs working to support young women and delay marriage.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/vision-innovation-and-action-t...
With its partners, the EU provides assistance to meet the most urgent needs of the most vulnerable in Ukraine. EU’s humanitarian aid in Eastern Ukraine includes education and psychosocial support to children as in this Community Center in Avdiivka run by Save the Children. The center and its mobile teams conduct signature programs for children and their parents with a focus on psychosocial support. Ukraine, October 2017 ©European Union/ECHO/Oleksandr Ratushniak
With its partners, the EU provides assistance to meet the most urgent needs of the most vulnerable in Ukraine. EU’s humanitarian aid in Eastern Ukraine includes education and psychosocial support to children as in this Community Center in Avdiivka run by Save the Children. The center and its mobile teams conduct signature programs for children and their parents with a focus on psychosocial support. Ukraine, October 2017 ©European Union/ECHO/Oleksandr Ratushniak
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Photo by Kaukab Jhumra Smith/USAID
KINSHASA, Avril 12 -- L’Agence Américaine pour le Développement International (USAID) annonce le lancement d’un programme à fort impact pour sauver le plus grand nombre de vies des femmes et des enfants qui meurent de causes évitables en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC). Il s’agit du Programme de l’USAID pour la survie de la mère et de l’enfant (PSME), et en Anglais, Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP).
Ce programme est un accord de coopération de cinq années à l’échelle mondiale, visant à mettre en œuvre et à soutenir des interventions sanitaires à fort impact. L’accord cible 24 pays hautement prioritaires, y compris la RDC. L’objectif ultime est de mettre fin à la mortalité maternelle et infantile due à des causes évitables en l’espace d’une génération. Le Programme va s’assurer que l’ensemble des femmes, nouveau-nés et enfants les plus démunis ont un accès équitable à des soins de santé de qualité.
En réalité l’objet de ce programme n’est pas nouveau. Il s’agit d’un renforcement et d’une intensification des activités que l’USAID met en œuvre en RDC depuis plusieurs années, comme contribution à la demande mondiale faite aux 24 pays susmentionnés pour accélérer la réduction de la mortalité chez les enfants et les femmes. En effet, le gros des investissements du gouvernement Américain en RDC va dans le secteur de la santé. En 2015, cet investissement s’est élevé à plus de $350 millions de dollars dans le secteur du développement et de l’humanitaire. Chaque année, une enveloppe de près de $150 millions de dollars est allouée au renforcement des services de santé.
Parmi les résultats déjà obtenus:
- 150.000 vies sauvées parmi les enfants dans les zones de santé appuyées par l’USAID au cours des trois dernières années, ce qui représente 25 pourcent de la cible établie par le pays ;
- 223.500 grossesses non désirées ont été évitées dans les zones de santé appuyées par l’USAID au cours des cinq dernières années.
One of a series of "caricature" drawings made by Syrian girls at Za'atari camp, Jordan. These drawings are part of the awareness raising sessions on early marriage at the youth multi-activity center for girls in Za’atari refugee camp. Young Syrian girls take part in weekly sessions to highlight issues facing them and their communities as refugees in the camp. Part of the programme involves discussion groups and creative methods such as drama and arts to enable young girls to learn, actively participate and express their opinions.
* Additional Information: Official UN figures report that the war
in Syria has killed more than 10,000 children and that one
million more children have fled the country in fear while
millions more are displaced inside the country. A briefing by
Save the Children highlights another disturbing but less
publicised impact of the crisis, the increase in the number of
girls who have been forced to marry.
Early marriage existed in Syria before the crisis – 13% of
girls under 18 in Syria were married in 2011. The practice was particularly prevalent in some rural communities and among less educated communities.
But now, three years into the conflict official statistics show
that among Syrian refugee communities in Jordan – who is focus of this briefing given the lack of statistics inside Syria itself – child marriage has increased alarmingly – and in some cases, has doubled. In Jordan, the proportion of registered marriages among the Syrian refugee community where the bride was under 18 rose from 12% in 2011 (roughly the same as the figure in pre-war Syria) to 18% in 2012, and as high as 25% by 2013. The
number of Syrian boys registered as married in 2011 and 2012 in Jordan is far lower, suggesting that young girls are, as a matter of course, being married off to older males.
Save the Children is working in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt, helping children cope with the worst effects of the war.
In Jordan Save the Children run community awareness sessions on child marriage with children, adolescents and parents, and in
Lebanon are rolling out a child-led curriculum on sexual and
reproductive health rights with a focus on prevention of child
marriage, access to support services and empowering children’s groups to do advocacy on the issue.
With its partners, the EU provides assistance to meet the most urgent needs of the most vulnerable in Ukraine. EU’s humanitarian aid in Eastern Ukraine includes education and psychosocial support to children as in this Community Center in Avdiivka run by Save the Children. The center and its mobile teams conduct signature programs for children and their parents with a focus on psychosocial support. Ukraine, October 2017 ©European Union/ECHO/Oleksandr Ratushniak
A child waits patiently away from her parent waiting for her weekly ration of food to help the child put on weight having been identified as being too thin for her height. Thanks to the Save the Children UK Nutrition Programme in Wajir East, Kenya
Peter Saarsgard -- Star of "An Education" arrives at the "Save the Children" benefit at Esquire Soho on October 12, 2009 in New York City.
Peter Sarsgaard's new movie: "An Education" is written by Nick Hornby (High Fidelity, About a Boy) and is scheduled to hit theaters on October 9th.
Learn more about Save the Children's Survive to 5 campaign at: www.savethechildren.org/programs/health/child-survival/su...
Join the conversation and follow Save the Children on:
* Twitter: twitter/savethechildren
* Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Save-the-Children/8047221596
Over the past decade, nearly 58 million girls were married before the age of 18. Child marriage is a truly global problem: In Africa, 42 percent of girls are married before turning 18, but it is also prevalent in parts of Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean (in South Asia, for instance, 46 percent of girls are married before turning 18). Child brides often start childbearing early, leading to complications and producing high rates of maternal morbidity and mortality among girls in developing countries. Married girls are often forced to leave school, negatively affecting their ability to work and provide for their families. At the Wilson Center on June 17, 2013, panelists from CARE Ethiopia, Girls Not Brides, the International Center for Research on Women, Population Council, Save the Children, UNICEF, and USAID described current policies and programs working to support young women and delay marriage.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/vision-innovation-and-action-t...
NBC’s Today Show hosts Meredith Vieira and Ann Curry at Save the Children's Celebration of Hope event to honor Matt Damon, May 20, 2010.
Kevin O'Malley -- Publisher, Esquire; America Ferrera -- Star of Ugly Betty, Save the Children Artist Ambassador and host of the event; and Philip H. Geier, Jr -- Trustee, Save the Children Campaign Council Member, Survive to 5 at the "Save the Children" benefit at Esquire Soho on October 12, 2009 in New York City.
Learn more about Save the Children's Survive to 5 campaign at: www.savethechildren.org/programs/health/child-survival/su...
Join the conversation and follow Save the Children on:
* Twitter: twitter/savethechildren
* Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Save-the-Children/8047221596
Photo by Kaukab Jhumra Smith/USAID
KINSHASA, Avril 12 -- L’Agence Américaine pour le Développement International (USAID) annonce le lancement d’un programme à fort impact pour sauver le plus grand nombre de vies des femmes et des enfants qui meurent de causes évitables en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC). Il s’agit du Programme de l’USAID pour la survie de la mère et de l’enfant (PSME), et en Anglais, Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP).
Ce programme est un accord de coopération de cinq années à l’échelle mondiale, visant à mettre en œuvre et à soutenir des interventions sanitaires à fort impact. L’accord cible 24 pays hautement prioritaires, y compris la RDC. L’objectif ultime est de mettre fin à la mortalité maternelle et infantile due à des causes évitables en l’espace d’une génération. Le Programme va s’assurer que l’ensemble des femmes, nouveau-nés et enfants les plus démunis ont un accès équitable à des soins de santé de qualité.
En réalité l’objet de ce programme n’est pas nouveau. Il s’agit d’un renforcement et d’une intensification des activités que l’USAID met en œuvre en RDC depuis plusieurs années, comme contribution à la demande mondiale faite aux 24 pays susmentionnés pour accélérer la réduction de la mortalité chez les enfants et les femmes. En effet, le gros des investissements du gouvernement Américain en RDC va dans le secteur de la santé. En 2015, cet investissement s’est élevé à plus de $350 millions de dollars dans le secteur du développement et de l’humanitaire. Chaque année, une enveloppe de près de $150 millions de dollars est allouée au renforcement des services de santé.
Parmi les résultats déjà obtenus:
- 150.000 vies sauvées parmi les enfants dans les zones de santé appuyées par l’USAID au cours des trois dernières années, ce qui représente 25 pourcent de la cible établie par le pays ;
- 223.500 grossesses non désirées ont été évitées dans les zones de santé appuyées par l’USAID au cours des cinq dernières années.
Young Syrian girls take part in weekly sessions to highlight issues facing them and their communities as refugees in the camp. Part of the programme involves discussion groups and
creative methods such as drama and arts to enable young girls to learn, actively participate and express their opinions.
* Additional Information: Official UN figures report that the war in Syria has killed more than 10,000 children and that one million more children have fled the country in fear while millions more are displaced inside the country. A briefing by Save the Children highlights another disturbing but less publicised impact of the crisis, the increase in the number of girls who have been forced to marry.
Early marriage existed in Syria before the crisis – 13% of girls under 18 in Syria were married in 2011. The practice was particularly prevalent in some rural communities and among less educated communities.
But now, three years into the conflict official statistics show that among Syrian refugee communities in Jordan – who is focus of this briefing given the lack of statistics inside Syria itself – child marriage has increased alarmingly – and in some cases, has doubled. In Jordan, the proportion of registered marriages among the Syrian refugee community where the bride was under 18 rose from 12% in 2011 (roughly the same as the figure in pre-war Syria) to 18% in 2012, and as high as 25% by 2013. The number of Syrian boys registered as married in 2011 and 2012 in Jordan is far lower, suggesting that young girls are, as a matter of course, being married off to older males.
Save the Children is working in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt, helping children cope with the worst effects of the war. In Jordan Save the Children run community awareness sessions on child marriage with children, adolescents and parents, and in Lebanon are rolling out a child-led curriculum on sexual and reproductive health rights with a focus on prevention of child marriage, access to support services and empowering children’s groups to do advocacy on the issue.
At each match, the Professional Sumo Referees or "Gyoji" wear beautiful colored medieval costumes made of silk. The delicate pink of this one contrasts with the macho Sumo Wrestlers themselves.
A lovely walk on a spring day down Regent's Park Road, Primrose Hill. These bright pink, French Provence table and chairs caught my eye as they sat outside 'Mary's 'Save the Children' Living & giving Shop'...I love the way the Georgian terrace houses on the opposite side of the road are reflected in the shop window...Every item donated or sold through the shop is used to fund vital work at 'save the children' the shop has a quirky interior as it is set-up like a private home...hence the welcoming pink table and chairs outside...
Over the past decade, nearly 58 million girls were married before the age of 18. Child marriage is a truly global problem: In Africa, 42 percent of girls are married before turning 18, but it is also prevalent in parts of Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean (in South Asia, for instance, 46 percent of girls are married before turning 18). Child brides often start childbearing early, leading to complications and producing high rates of maternal morbidity and mortality among girls in developing countries. Married girls are often forced to leave school, negatively affecting their ability to work and provide for their families. At the Wilson Center on June 17, 2013, panelists from CARE Ethiopia, Girls Not Brides, the International Center for Research on Women, Population Council, Save the Children, UNICEF, and USAID described current policies and programs working to support young women and delay marriage.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/vision-innovation-and-action-t...
Floods Wash Away India’s MDG Progress
By Priyanka Borpujari
MORIGAON, India, October 7, 2014 (IPS)—
The northeastern Indian state of Assam is no stranger to devastating floods. Located just south of the eastern Himalaya’s, the lush, 30,000-square-km region comprises the Brahmaputra and Barak river valleys, and is accustomed to annual bouts of rain that swell the mighty rivers and spill over into villages and towns, inundating agricultural lands and washing homes, possessions and livestock away.
Over the past decade, nearly 58 million girls were married before the age of 18. Child marriage is a truly global problem: In Africa, 42 percent of girls are married before turning 18, but it is also prevalent in parts of Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean (in South Asia, for instance, 46 percent of girls are married before turning 18). Child brides often start childbearing early, leading to complications and producing high rates of maternal morbidity and mortality among girls in developing countries. Married girls are often forced to leave school, negatively affecting their ability to work and provide for their families. At the Wilson Center on June 17, 2013, panelists from CARE Ethiopia, Girls Not Brides, the International Center for Research on Women, Population Council, Save the Children, UNICEF, and USAID described current policies and programs working to support young women and delay marriage.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/vision-innovation-and-action-t...
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
January 17, 2010
A child waves to relief workers from Save the Children as they disperse water and other supplies to earthquake victims.
Credit: Adriana Zehbrauskas / Polaris
Young Syrian girls take part in weekly sessions to highlight issues facing them and their communities as refugees in the camp. Part of the programme involves discussion groups and
creative methods such as drama and arts to enable young girls to learn, actively participate and express their opinions.
* Additional Information: Official UN figures report that the war in Syria has killed more than 10,000 children and that one million more children have fled the country in fear while millions more are displaced inside the country. A briefing by Save the Children highlights another disturbing but less publicised impact of the crisis, the increase in the number of girls who have been forced to marry.
Early marriage existed in Syria before the crisis – 13% of girls under 18 in Syria were married in 2011. The practice was particularly prevalent in some rural communities and among less educated communities.
But now, three years into the conflict official statistics show that among Syrian refugee communities in Jordan – who is focus of this briefing given the lack of statistics inside Syria itself – child marriage has increased alarmingly – and in some cases, has doubled. In Jordan, the proportion of registered marriages among the Syrian refugee community where the bride was under 18 rose from 12% in 2011 (roughly the same as the figure in pre-war Syria) to 18% in 2012, and as high as 25% by 2013. The number of Syrian boys registered as married in 2011 and 2012 in Jordan is far lower, suggesting that young girls are, as a matter of course, being married off to older males.
Save the Children is working in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt, helping children cope with the worst effects of the war. In Jordan Save the Children run community awareness sessions on child marriage with children, adolescents and parents, and in Lebanon are rolling out a child-led curriculum on sexual and reproductive health rights with a focus on prevention of child marriage, access to support services and empowering children’s groups to do advocacy on the issue.
In this picture, children play in the halls of an abandoned school in North Lebanon, which is now hosting over 12 Syrian refugee families. There are currently some 350,000 Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries, a figure expected to surpass 700,000 by the end of the year, more than half of them children. Many risk missing the entire school year after going through deeply disturbing experiences, including living under intense shelling without enough food and witnessing the murder of relatives. Tens of thousands of children escaping the conflict in Syria to neighbouring countries are out of school, a crisis expected to deepen as rising numbers of refugees continue fleeing the country. Families are listing education as among their most urgent needs, with many parents being unable to send their children to school for up to 18 months. From prior experience, the longer children are out of school the harder it can become for them to return to the classroom, risking a lost generation.
©Hedinn Halldorsson/Save the Children
from the recent MacHeist
I would favor some of these charities more than others if I had a weighted answer, but the choices were either to pick one, or split up among all ten.
Over the past decade, nearly 58 million girls were married before the age of 18. Child marriage is a truly global problem: In Africa, 42 percent of girls are married before turning 18, but it is also prevalent in parts of Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean (in South Asia, for instance, 46 percent of girls are married before turning 18). Child brides often start childbearing early, leading to complications and producing high rates of maternal morbidity and mortality among girls in developing countries. Married girls are often forced to leave school, negatively affecting their ability to work and provide for their families. At the Wilson Center on June 17, 2013, panelists from CARE Ethiopia, Girls Not Brides, the International Center for Research on Women, Population Council, Save the Children, UNICEF, and USAID described current policies and programs working to support young women and delay marriage.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/vision-innovation-and-action-t...