Girls who undergo female genital mutilation are more likely to drop out of school and face #childmarriage .

Let’s #endFGM !

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Eid Mubarak everyone!
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34% of children are assaulted, bullied or experienced sexual violence by a peer or teacher in school (UNICEF/GoG CP Baseline Study 2014) #EndSGBV #EndChildMarriage UNICEF Ghana @UNFPAGHANA Girls Not Brides

CM in Ghana is increasingly a socio-development issue: socio-development reforms are necessary beyond CP/GBV sector alone to address some of the key drivers for both adolescent girls and their families.
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Stakeholders' Meeting on national efforts to address child marriage in Ghana, 2019. #EndChildMarriage UNICEF Ghana @UNFPAGHANA Min. of Gender Ghana Girls Not Brides

#Childmarriage brings violence & suffering into the lives of millions of girls every year.

#endchildmarriage

The 8th edition of SHEROES International Networking Group is underway.
This year's forum seeks to build a consensus around effective leadership and deliberate on key issues of importance to women such as Human Rights Livelihoods, Education, Social, and Economic Empowerment and Health.

Children born to teenage mothers are more likely to be undernourished than children of adult mothers, says a new study.

When we #endchildmarriage , girls & their families will be healthier & wealthier. Everybody benefits. 💪💪🏼💪🏾

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#DYK Did You Know: ‘Obstetric fistula is one of the most serious and tragic childbirth injuries’? It is a medical condition that can be corrected through surgery. Read more: ghana.unfpa.org/en/publication…

#EndFistula #ForTheGoodOfGhana 🇬🇭

𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐂 𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐆𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐀 - 𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐆𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐀 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐕'𝐓.
UNICEF Ghana @UNFPAGHANA #EndChildMarriage
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞:
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In 2018 in #Zambia , over 13,000 girls were reached through girls' clubs in schools, facilitated by 2,000 peer mentors.

The clubs empower the girls to be assertive role models for other girls in their communities, to change norms to #EndChildMarriage .

UNFPA Zambia UNICEF Zambia

Child protection officers engaged with community members of Dundo & Nyamkpala in the Northern Region. The officers engaged them on promoting child protection as well as adolescent health and protection. #GACA Min. of Gender Ghana GHEndsChildMarriage Norsaac

'My mother-in-law keeps beating me, and when I run away back to my father’s house, my father beats me again for running away.'

War, hunger & poverty push more and more girls in Yemen into #childmarriage .

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'I'd grown up to believe I was just an object and I accepted it, and that’s the same for a lot of people.' Refinery29
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In 2015, world leaders agreed to 17 goals for a better world by 2030. How well do you know them ?
Retweet & mention 1 of them.
#TuesdayThoughts #SDGs
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GHEndsChildMarriage

Education = opportunity

Keeping girls in school is critical for advancing girls' rights. Educated girls are less likely to be married before the age of 18 - why the Global Programme supports girls and strengthens schools to improve girls' access to education.

#EndChildMarriage

At 16, Roumanatou, stood up against #childmarriage . Where she lives, up to 90% of all girls are married before 18. Today, as a teacher, she tells girls in #Niger : 'You can be a good woman and be educated, and make a difference in your family.”

#EndChildMarriage

Thank you all who took part in our side event at #CSW63 last week to #EndChildMarriage & #EndFGM in Africa.

If you weren't there, here are some highlights:

UNFPA UNICEF UN Women Canada Mission UN Italy UN New York Zambia Mission To UN

Happiness = girls free to choose their own futures! 💛 ✨

📸 Arete/James Rodriguez #InternationalDayOfHappiness

Despite progress, we still need to accelerate action to #EndChildMarriage by 2030 as set out in the #SDGs & to respond to population growth in many affected countries.

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