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Family Digest 45: International Day of the Girl Child by Lois Law

Family Digest 45: International Day of the Girl Child by Lois Law

The International Day of the Girl Child is marked every year on 11th October to promote girls’ rights and to recognize the unique challenges girls experience around the world. Achieving the empowerment of women and girls is integral to each of the United Nations (UN) 17 Sustainable Development Goals,[i] but particularly Goal 5, which calls for the realization of gender equality. One of the most pernicious obstacles to gender equality is the continuing practice of child marriage, which takes place in South Africa as well as many other African countries.[ii]

Family Digest 45 The International Day of the Girl Child by Lois Law