Empowered Today, Equal Tomorrow (ETET)
Empowered Today, Equal Tomorrow (ETET)
Empowered Today, Equal Tomorrow (ETET)
Empowered Today, Equal Tomorrow (ETET)
Still remember her?
Nafissa that we mentioned in previous section!
What had happened to her next?
She decided to flee when she became pregnant for the second time.
"I was two months pregnant at the time. A friend of the family let me live with her. That’s also where I gave birth to my son. When he was five months old, I took him to my grandmother in Niamey. That’s where I heard about the aid program. The staff taught me for a whole year. They built up my confidence and I learned to read and write better."
It is possible to stop!
25 million child marriage have been prevented in the last decade.
South Africa: largest decline during this time, from 49% to 30%.
CHILD MARRIAGE = VIOLATION OF GIRLS’ RIGHTS TO HEALTH, EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITY.
BUT ….
The progress must accelerate, OR more than 120 million additional girls will marry before 18 years old by 2030.