Preventing child marriages: first international day of the girl child “my life, my right, end child marriage”

On 17 November 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution (A/RES/66/170) designating 11 October as the first International Day of the Girl Child choosing ending child marriages as the theme of the day. Child marriage is a fundamental human rights violation and impacts all aspects...

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Main Authors: Svanemyr, Joar, Chandra-Mouli, Venkatraman, Christiansen, Charlotte Sigurdson, Mbizvo, Michael
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3546057/