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Child marriage is far from being just a Kenyan issue - girls in sub-Saharan Africa are at the highest risk of child marriage in the world, with one in three marrying before the age of 18 ...
By the time she died in 1961, the Lillian Trasher Orphanage had grown to some 1200 children. Today, the institution is entirely the responsibility of the Assemblies of God of Egypt, with 85% of its daily needs being met by donations from the Presbyterian churches of Egypt, the Soul Salvation Society, and other Egyptian church bodies.
The organization was created by The Elders to enable small groups from around the world to address the common issue of early marriage. [2] As of 2017, more than 700 organisations from over 85 countries are partnership members of Girls Not Brides. [3] Less than 10 percent of partnership members are international organizations. [3]
Bayit Lepletot (Hebrew: בית לפליטות, literally, "Home for Refugees"), is an Orthodox Jewish orphanage for girls in Jerusalem, Israel.Established in 1949 in the Mea Shearim neighborhood to accommodate young Holocaust refugees and orphans, the orphanage opened a second campus in north-central Jerusalem called Girls Town Jerusalem (Hebrew: קרית בנות, "Kiryat Banot") in 1973.
After a lengthy court battle, the marriage was dissolved by an order from Queen Victoria and the publicity helped influence the passage of the Age of Consent Act, 1891, which increased age of consent for girls in India, married or unmarried, from 10 to 12. [2] Mrinalini Devi (aged between 9 and 11) was married to Rabindranath Tagore (aged 22 ...
Religious leaders and a state lawmaker suspended their plans for a mass wedding of 100 girls and young women in northwest Nigeria after it sparked outrage, but some were married in private ...
In 2017 in Republic of the Congo, 33% of girls are married off before 18 years old. 6% are married before they turn 15. [1] Republic of the Congo is the 30th highest nation in the world for child marriage. Due to the ethnic cleansing that had occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo, issues regarding poverty and lack of access to basic ...
That is despite Japanese girls scoring second-highest in the world in maths and third in science, according to the OECD. For overall gender parity, Japan's ranking fell this year to a record low ...