Friday 30 September 2011

Commonwealth Leaders Urged To Stop Teen Marriage

 Leaders of the 54 Commonwealth nations are being urged to end early and forced marriage.
One month ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth Australia, the Royal Commonwealth Society and charity Plan International have issued a joint call for action in a new policy paper published today.
Entitled Empowering Girls: what the Commonwealth can do to end early and forced marriage, the paper reveals the shocking prevalence and damaging effects of early and forced marriage on girls across Commonwealth.

Read full report here

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