Child, Not Bride: Ending Child Marriage ©2019

Child Marriage Definitions, Conventions Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 2004 Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage, and Registration of Marriages, 1964 Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, 1979 Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1990 Rwanda Rwanda is a small landlocked country. The fact that it’s landlocked limits economic opportunity and development.

US 10% Global Child Marriage Around the world: 700,000,000 Germany 1% . Around the world: 700,000,000 Germany 1% France 2% US 10% Rwanda Rwanda is a small landlocked country. The fact that it’s landlocked limits economic opportunity and development.

Rates, Girls and Boys Rwanda Rwanda is a small landlocked country. The fact that it’s landlocked limits economic opportunity and development. https://www.unicef.org/media/files/Child_Marriage_Report_7_17_LR..pdf

Reinforce social, religious, or cultural ties Provide protection Why Child Marriage? Escape poverty Reinforce social, religious, or cultural ties Provide protection Eliminate charges of abuse, statutory rape Rwanda Rwanda is a small landlocked country. The fact that it’s landlocked limits economic opportunity and development.

Rwanda Rwanda is a small landlocked country. The fact that it’s landlocked limits economic opportunity and development. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/01/child-marriage-is-rare-in-the-u-s-though-this-varies-by-state/

Child Marriage Rates by State . Rwanda Rwanda is a small landlocked country. The fact that it’s landlocked limits economic opportunity and development. https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2017/05/28/child-marriage-in-the-u-s-its-far-more-common-than-you-think

Youngest Legally Able to Marry . Rwanda Rwanda is a small landlocked country. The fact that it’s landlocked limits economic opportunity and development. https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2017/05/28/child-marriage-in-the-u-s-its-far-more-common-than-you-think/

Rwanda Rwanda is a small landlocked country. The fact that it’s landlocked limits economic opportunity and development. https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/29/health/ending-child-marriage-in-america/index.html

Number of Child Marriages by State . Rwanda Rwanda is a small landlocked country. The fact that it’s landlocked limits economic opportunity and development. https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2017/05/28/child-marriage-in-the-u-s-its-far-more-common-than-you-think

victims of statutory rape if the spouse is an adult Child Marriage and Well-Being Girls who marry as children are 3 times more likely to be beaten by their spouses 31% more likely to live in poverty 50% more likely to drop out of high school 4 times less likely to graduate from college 23% more likely to have a heart attack, diabetes, cancer, or stroke more likely to have psychiatric disorders 50% more likely to be divorced victims of statutory rape if the spouse is an adult Rwanda Rwanda is a small landlocked country. The fact that it’s landlocked limits economic opportunity and development.

Children cannot Get a divorce Rent an apartment Buy or rent a car Get health care or check into a hospital Open a bank account Have access to an inheritance Get a credit card Stay at a battered women’s shelter A married child cannot be independent and cannot help herself or her children. Rwanda Rwanda is a small landlocked country. The fact that it’s landlocked limits economic opportunity and development.

States Prohibiting Child Marriage Rwanda Rwanda is a small landlocked country. The fact that it’s landlocked limits economic opportunity and development.

US Child Marriage Policy The U.S. Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls, March 2016, State Department: A key goal is reducing child marriage. Rwanda Rwanda is a small landlocked country. The fact that it’s landlocked limits economic opportunity and development. https://www.state.gov/s/gwi/priorities/adolescentgirls/index.htm

Rwanda Rwanda is a small landlocked country. The fact that it’s landlocked limits economic opportunity and development.

Rwanda Rwanda is a small landlocked country. The fact that it’s landlocked limits economic opportunity and development.

Ending child marriage helps break the intergenerational cycle of poverty. Empowered girls can better care for their families, leading to smaller, healthier families. When girls are allowed to be girls, everyone wins. -UNICEF Rwanda Rwanda is a small landlocked country. The fact that it’s landlocked limits economic opportunity and development. https://www.unicef.org/media/files/Child_Marriage_Report_7_17_LR..pdf

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Rwanda Rwanda is a small landlocked country. The fact that it’s landlocked limits economic opportunity and development.