child marriage Archives - The Glitters Online https://theglittersonline.com.ng/tag/child-marriage/ A voice for the people Sat, 28 Oct 2023 05:16:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 119911796 SCI Seeks Urgent Action To Address Child Marriages In Nigeria https://theglittersonline.com.ng/child-marriage-6/ Sat, 28 Oct 2023 05:15:50 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=278510 SCI Seeks Urgent Action To Address Child Marriages In Nigeria Save the Children International (SCI) has called on the Federal Government to holistically address child marriages as reports revealed that there are 23 million child-brides in Nigeria. The report titled “Budgeting to End Child Marriage in Nigeria’ was launched by the Minister of Women Affairs, […]

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]]> 278510 Human Rights Watch Demands Criminalisation Of Child Marriage https://theglittersonline.com.ng/child-marriage-4/ Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:24:23 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=228021 Human Rights Watch Demands Criminalisation Of Child Marriage Human Rights Watch has called for the urgent adoption of the Child Rights Act to prevent the prevalence of child marriages, faulting the 1999 Constitution for conflicting with the Act. In a statement on Monday, the international human rights organisation noted that child marriage was prevalent in […]

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]]> 228021 Philippines Bans Child Marriage https://theglittersonline.com.ng/child-marriage-3/ Thu, 06 Jan 2022 12:11:14 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=227222 Philippines Bans Child Marriage By AFP   Child marriage became illegal in the Philippines on Thursday as a law banning the practice took effect in a country where one in six girls enters wedlock before the age of 18. The impoverished Southeast Asian country has the 12th highest number of child marriages in the world, according […]

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]]> 227222 Adamawa: 13-year-old Girl Leads Call For Legislation Against Underage Marriage https://theglittersonline.com.ng/child-marriage-2/ Wed, 13 Oct 2021 19:26:54 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=220970 Adamawa: 13-year-old Girl Leads Call For Legislation Against Underage Marriage A 13 year-old-girl in Adamawa State is currently leading the battle to protect underage girls from early marriages through the enactment of child rights protection bill that will stop parents from giving them out for marriage until they complete secondary school. Amira Abdullahi has therefore […]

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