Successes and Setbacks in Eradicating Child Marriage Globally
Parallel Event of the 63rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
Location: Church Center of the United Nations (Chapel), 777 UN Plaza (corner of 1st Ave. & 44th St.), NYC
Date: March 13, 2019
Time: 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
There are laws. Civil laws, criminal laws, religious laws.
There are policies and practices. Social protection systems. Access to shelter and other support.
And then there are attitudes. The value placed on girls and women.
All three play a vital role in eradicating child, early and forced marriage, but some governments seem not to recognize the perils of ignoring any of these areas. Join us and Mabel van Oranje to compare the successes and setbacks in these key areas in four countries: India, United States, Afghanistan and Kenya. Let’s talk about what we can we learn from these countries as the world continues the push to end child, early and forced marriage and the many other forms of violence to which those abuses leave girls vulnerable.
Our discussion will include an interactive exercise to challenge your preconceived notions of the legal and social protections that exist in various countries to protect girls from child marriage, and it will leave you with specific steps you can take to help end this human-rights abuse that destroys girls’ lives.
Moderator
– Mabel van Oranje, Girls Not Brides
Speakers
– Urvashi Gandhi, Breakthrough (India)
– Fraidy Reiss, Unchained At Last (United States)
– Gharsanay IbnulAmeen, 2019 NGO CSW Woman of Distinction (Afghanistan)
– Lydia Matioli, Freely In Hope (Kenya)
Respondents
– Susanne von Bassewitz, Zonta International
– Nisha Varia, Human Rights Watch
Sponsors
– Unchained At Last
– Breakthrough
– Zonta International
– Freely In Hope
– NGO CSW/NY
No RSVP needed, but arrive on time as space is limited.