#cefm

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@Regranned from @oxfamcanada - Together, we are #CreatingSpaces to take action on violence against women and girls. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Creating Spaces is an Oxfam Canada project that takes action to reduce #VAWG, including child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) in 6 countries - Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, and Nepal. How? By helping change the attitudes, behaviours, and systems that perpetuate violence against women and girls. ▫️ The research is clear: give women the tools to take an active and equitable role in their society, and change happens across families, communities, and entire cultures. Learn more: Oxfam.ca/creatingspaces ▫️ #womensrights #equality #change #cefm #vawg #evawg #endvaw #Indonesia #Nepal #Bangladesh #India #Pakistan #Phillipines #CreatingSpaces #SayEnough #CreatingSpacesForChange

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“When girls are empowered, we all do better. Female genital mutilation [FGM] and child marriage destroy childhoods, but supporting girls and women will boost the lives of boys and men too,” said Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress and singer. She is lending her voice to urge others to take a stand to end FGM and child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) within a generation.  It is estimated that more than 700 million women worldwide were married as children, and more than 130 million girls and women have been cut in the 29 countries in Africa and the Middle East where FGM is concentrated. These practices violate the fundamental rights of girls and women, and hold back social and economic development, leaving girls at higher risk of dying from pregnancy-related causes, and contribute to a cycle of poverty.

Read more via The Guardian.

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Too Young to Wed

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