the devastating impact of child marriage health: five times more likely to die in childbirth...
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The devastating impact of child marriage
•Health: Five times more likely to die in childbirth•Education: Schooling often ends with marriage•Human rights violation
Why act to end child marriage now?
•Large scale; little action 25,000 girls every day 10 million girls/year•Direct impact on development goals•Lost potential of millions of girls
Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage
• Our members are working in partnership to:– Raise awareness about the impact and solutions– Empower those seeking to end child marriage– Call for global action– Give girls a voice
What action can be taken by the UN human rights machinery?
• Recognise child marriage as a cross-cutting human rights issue
• Implement the recommendations of treaty monitoring bodies
• Encourage UN special rapporteurs to report on child marriage
• Highlight child marriage in the Universal Periodic Review