Ending child marriage – tackling stereotypes through quotas and motivating governments through regional peer review

Evans, Alice (2014) Ending child marriage – tackling stereotypes through quotas and motivating governments through regional peer review. Africa at LSE (21 Jul 2014). Website.

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Ahead of Girl Summit 2014, LSE’s Alice Evans discusses the campaign to end child marriage. To mobilise support against child marriage, the UK is hosting the ‘Girl Summit’ on 22 July. It will bring together governments, international organisations, civil society and the private sector in a bid to amplify existing efforts. In Zambia, where the UK International Development Secretary Justine Greening recently spoke out against child marriage, a nationwide campaign is already underway. It is backed by government ministries, the country’s First Lady, Dr Christine Kaseba, UNICEF, UNFPA and a number of traditional chiefs. For many, the solution is girls’ education rather than marriage.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/
Additional Information:	© 2014 The Author
Divisions:	Geography & Environment
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Date Deposited:	28 Aug 2014 13:22
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 19:06
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/59208

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