Canada has joined in a new UNICEF and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) initiative to end child marriage, one of the targets under the Sustainable Development Goals. Read about this initiative....
Canada Supporting New Global Programme to End Child Marriage
Canada Supporting New Global Programme to End Child Marriage
Child, Early and Forced Marriage News
Growing Up too Soon -- Child Marriage in Africa
24, 09, 2018
Child marriage persists across Africa. In fact, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimates that, based on current trends, by 2050 almost half the world's child brides will be African. ... Read more
GRAN News - CHILD MARRIAGE IS CHILD LABOUR
15, 05, 2017
GRAN agrees with AIDS-Free World when it says, "Child marriage is not merely a harmful traditional practice: it is a crime, it is child labour in its worst... Read more
Five Years of Progress Towards Ending Child Marriage
01, 10, 2016
It Takes a Movement: Reflecting on Five Years of Progress Towards Ending Child Marriage.
To mark the five-year anniversary of Girls Not Brides... Read more 29, 06, 2016 16, 06, 2016 The anthem to end child marriage was written, composed and sung by talented young girls from Lusaka Girls School in Zambia. It’s a powerful reminder that girls want to be girls not brides,... Read more 11, 03, 2016 Canada has joined in a new UNICEF and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) initiative to end child marriage, one of the targets under the Sustainable Development Goals. ... Read more 28, 01, 2016 Preliminary findings from analyses of existing data: The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and the World Bank are researching the economic consequences of child marriage,... Read more 27, 11, 2015 "As the problem of violence against women and girls is elevated in global policy circles, the activists (i.e. women's groups) who put the issue on the map are increasingly being... Read more 16, 09, 2015 At the end of this month, government leaders from around the world will gather in New York to adopt the ... Read more 22, 07, 2015 GRAN applauds Canada’s pledge to contribute $20 million to a new United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) project aimed at addressing the causes and consequences of child, early and forced... Read more 11, 06, 2015 The Day of the African Child is commemorated every year on June 16 by Member States of the African Union and its Partners. The theme for the Day of the African Child 2015 is “25... Read more 23, 05, 2015 GRAN is a member of Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage. We are partnering with more than 450 CSOs in more than 70 countries to build an understanding of what it... Read moreThe Gambia kicks off its African Union campaign to end child marriage
Smiling teenagers from Banjul, Gambia.
Photo: Nacho Fradejas Garcia
Gambia’s campaign includes a series of awareness-raising... Read more
Day of the African Child - Zambian school girls sing out “We are Girls, Not Brides”
Canada Supporting New Global Programme to End Child Marriage
The Economic Impacts of Child Marriage
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Canada Contributes $20 Million
The Day of the African Child June 16
Girls Not Brides
Launch of #AfricaEducatesHer Campaign
Oct 18, 2020
Girls’ education in Africa is in crisis. The disruption to education from COVID-19 has placed girls at higher risk of falling behind in school and higher risk of permanently dropping out of school.... Read moreInternational Day of Older Persons
Sep 29, 2020
This October 1st marks the 30th anniversary of International Day of Older Persons, an occasion to celebrate older persons in our lives as sources of wisdom and inspiration. At the United... Read moreCanada Commits $220 Million to Global Vaccine Access
Sep 27, 2020
The federal government announced on Friday that it is joining COVAX - the COVID Vaccine Global Access Facility. COVAX is a collaborative global effort established to deliver fair, equitable and... Read more
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