Preventing child marriages: first international day of the girl child “my life, my right, end child marriage”

On 17 November 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution (A/RES/66/170) designating 11 October as the first International Day of the Girl Child choosing ending child marriages as the theme of the day. Child marriage is a fundamental human rights violation and impacts all aspects...

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Autores principales: Svanemyr, Joar, Chandra-Mouli, Venkatraman, Christiansen, Charlotte Sigurdson, Mbizvo, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3546057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23163964
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4755-9-31
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Chandra-Mouli, Venkatraman
Christiansen, Charlotte Sigurdson
Mbizvo, Michael
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description On 17 November 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution (A/RES/66/170) designating 11 October as the first International Day of the Girl Child choosing ending child marriages as the theme of the day. Child marriage is a fundamental human rights violation and impacts all aspects of a girl’s life. These marriages deny a girl of her childhood, disrupts her education, limits her opportunities, increases her risk of violence and abuse, and jeopardizes her health. The article presents data about the prevalence and effects, contributing factors and recommends action for prevention.
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spelling pubmed-35460572013-01-17 Preventing child marriages: first international day of the girl child “my life, my right, end child marriage” Svanemyr, Joar Chandra-Mouli, Venkatraman Christiansen, Charlotte Sigurdson Mbizvo, Michael Reprod Health Commentary On 17 November 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution (A/RES/66/170) designating 11 October as the first International Day of the Girl Child choosing ending child marriages as the theme of the day. Child marriage is a fundamental human rights violation and impacts all aspects of a girl’s life. These marriages deny a girl of her childhood, disrupts her education, limits her opportunities, increases her risk of violence and abuse, and jeopardizes her health. The article presents data about the prevalence and effects, contributing factors and recommends action for prevention. BioMed Central 2012-11-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3546057/ /pubmed/23163964 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4755-9-31 Text en Copyright ©2012 Svanemyr et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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