International Day of the Girl Child

OP-ED: Why Keeping Girls in School Can Help South Sudan

By Agnes Odhiambo
Mary K. loved to study and wanted to be an accountant. However, when she was 16 and in class six (grade eight), her father forced her to leave school to marry a 50-year-old man who paid him 60 cows.

U.N. Launches Global Campaign to Abolish Child Marriages

By Thalif Deen
The United Nations has launched a global campaign to abolish an anachronistic social practice still prevalent in some communities around the world: child marriages.


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