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Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by AjayiWrites2: 10:09pm On Nov 30, 2016 |
Women's rights activists on Wednesday urged Nigeria to accelerate efforts to end child marriage after it joined an African Union (AU) campaign to eliminate the practice. Nigeria launched this week a nationwide drive to end child marriage by pushing for policies that protect girls' rights and help the justice system to punish perpetrators, becoming the 16th country to join the AU's campaign. The government made child marriage illegal in 2003, but only two-thirds of the country's 36 states have implemented the law. At least four in 10 girls in Nigeria are married off before they turn 18, while almost a fifth are wed before they reach 15, according to the United Nations children's agency (UNICEF). Early marriage deprives girls of an education, increases the likelihood of sexual violence and HIV, and puts them at risk of serious injury or death during childbirth, experts say. "These (childbirth) complications are a leading cause of death among adolescents girls in countries like Nigeria ... this is unnecessary and unacceptable," said Mohamed Fall, UNICEF's representative in Nigeria. Rates of child marriage vary widely across Nigeria, with figures as high as 76 percent in the northwest, and as low as 10 percent in the southeast, said campaign group Girls not Brides. Women's rights group Donor Direct Action said the campaign to end child marriage was another positive step after a law banning female genital mutilation (FGM) was passed last year. The prevalence of child marriage in Nigeria has dropped by nine percent since 2003, according to data from UNICEF. "However, its decline needs to be dramatically accelerated, particularly in the north of Nigeria," Anber Raz of Donor Direct Action told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by email from London. "A lot of social and cultural change needs to happen, which may fall on the hands of local groups, who are under-resourced." Nigerian organisation Women's Rights Advancement And Protection Alternative said the state also needed to address discrimination in access to education to prevent child marriage. More than five million girls are out of school in Nigeria due to gender discrimination, said campaign group Girl Rising. Source: http://www.ajayiwrites.com/2016/11/nigeria-joins-african-union-campaign-to.html
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Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by AjayiWrites2: 10:10pm On Nov 30, 2016 |
I wish the campaign can start from home not AU lalasticlala, mynd44 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by OPCNAIRALAND: 10:25pm On Nov 30, 2016 |
Nigeria ke, you mean NorthWest Nigeria. 6 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by Flexherbal(m): 10:29pm On Nov 30, 2016 |
Good! |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by AjayiWrites2: 10:33pm On Nov 30, 2016 |
OPCNAIRALAND: Hmmm... Same as my thoughts too 4 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by seunny4lif(m): 10:37pm On Nov 30, 2016 |
Point of correction oooh Not Nigeria Make Buhari pass law to forbid his brothers from marry under child cos it's not underage but under child 6yrs 7yrs pikin 10 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by Nobody: 11:10pm On Nov 30, 2016 |
Except sharia law is repealed from the constitution if not it's just a waiste of time 10 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by hylyne(m): 11:41pm On Nov 30, 2016 |
With Buhari as president, its dead on arrival (DOA). Thanks 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by Blue3k(m): 12:10am On Dec 01, 2016 |
When Emir of Katsina is kidnapping girls from school to marry him. Then the president is silent, police dumb and public apathetic. Is this for real initiative real? 5 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by herzern1(m): 8:35am On Dec 01, 2016 |
We all know the particular reqion and reliqion that believes in... "CATCHING THEM YOUNG"..... Useless Set of People!!!!!.....even their traditional rulers are not exempted..... 13 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by AlexCk: 8:36am On Dec 01, 2016 |
Charity begins at home!! We have this issue presently in our country, instead make dem deal with am, dem dey form African union, Im not saying it's not cool o, but im pretty sure most of us want them to start this campaign from home, bfor going beyond borders Remove the spec frm ur eyes 1st naija . 4 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by superstar1(m): 8:39am On Dec 01, 2016 |
I hope those paedophilia-supporting Emirs and clerics in the north will support it. I hope adults raping toddlers and young children in the south will also come to their godly senses. 5 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by LaExpert: 8:39am On Dec 01, 2016 |
My brothers somewhere in the country won't be happy with this idea. |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by jbcul4ril(m): 8:39am On Dec 01, 2016 |
Dum heads with plenty characters without meaning. The statement of the youth of this country is discouraging. No wonder companies are not hiring them much because only few have something to offer. Jesus...see comment in this 21st century This generation is in trouble |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by chiwetaluAGU(m): 8:40am On Dec 01, 2016 |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by TeleboiZ005(m): 8:41am On Dec 01, 2016 |
I Comment ma reserve till notice further... |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by VocalWalls: 8:41am On Dec 01, 2016 |
Nonsense! As if they can keep up with the demands. It's only self deceivers that will believe that NG can pull this off. |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by NairaMaster1(m): 8:45am On Dec 01, 2016 |
With mouth? They should also join the campaign to end giving birth to battalion. |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by Nobody: 8:46am On Dec 01, 2016 |
Some people will fight against this I honestly don't see what they see in destroying little girls' lives. Well maybe its because their role model did the same thing |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by kode12: 8:51am On Dec 01, 2016 |
abeg make person hear word,the bride Sanusi Lamido married recently how old is she? Buhari daughter set to wed soon,how many years she take commot for child? Those who are in positions to make any real difference in the child bride problem are the major perpetrators themselves so this is an issue dead on arrival in Nigeria. Besides child marriage is majorly a Nothern/Muslim problem so you're tackling both a cultural and religious problem. 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by Nobody: 8:55am On Dec 01, 2016 |
Oh oh, The northerners are not going to like this |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by Jelomy: 8:57am On Dec 01, 2016 |
Nigeria's Headquarters should be in the north.. |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by festusmarvy: 9:01am On Dec 01, 2016 |
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Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by Nobody: 9:03am On Dec 01, 2016 |
i hope our brothers down north won't get angry lols @yarima fulanimafia aisha508 atiku2019 the child abusers and molesters. |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by Unimaginable123: 9:08am On Dec 01, 2016 |
What we need in Nigeria is a legislation against child marriage, not campaign |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by armadeo(m): 9:21am On Dec 01, 2016 |
Lol Ostrich and head in the sand. We all know those who marry children. Take your case to them. Including thier so called emirs. 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by wizjid69: 9:37am On Dec 01, 2016 |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by smallJagaban: 9:40am On Dec 01, 2016 |
KUDOS TO OSINBANJO |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by impossible27(m): 9:41am On Dec 01, 2016 |
The headquarter of this campaign should be inside Emire Sanusi's house. then other head branches should follow in other Emirate houses. Only then will this campaign be successful. 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by Shafiiimran99: 9:44am On Dec 01, 2016 |
An evil and adulterous generation is trying to stop child marriage...they don't talk about south and east that their children get pregnant before 18 as a result of adultery and nobody to care for them. Which one is worst, north that marry them legally or east and south that commit adultery with them and then dump them when they get pregnant which make some them commit suicide or die during abortion |
Re: Nigeria Joins African Union Campaign To End Child Marriage by Nobody: 9:51am On Dec 01, 2016 |
they should carry this campaign to those mad men in the north who brainwash kids, forcefully convert them into islam and take them as wives. |
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