Thursday, May 21, 2015

1st Global Members meeting to end child marriage in Casablanca - Morocco




Girls Not Brides holds its 1st Global Members meeting to end child marriage in Casablanca - Morocco with over 200 International stakeholders , donors,
youth representatives , policy makers, regional blocks representatives etc across the world, where by members organization from Tanzania included Ms. Kambibi Kamugisha - Tarime Programs Coordinator and Petrida Paul representatives from Children's Dignity Forum (CDF), Ms. Valerie Msokwa from Tanzania Women Media Association (TAM
WA) , and a representative from Moremi Initiative Tanzania.
In Morocco today the risk of girls marrying before 18 is less than half of what it was three decades ago. The Middle East and North Africa have made the fastest progress in reducing child marriage since the mid-1980s. However despite positive changes in Morocco’s legal system to protect women and girls’ rights, rates of child marriage remain high.

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