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Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → May → 20 → Group lauds impending passage of bill vs child marriage Group lauds impending passage of bill vs child marriage House of Representatives Committee on Women and Gender Equality’s (CWGE) decision to approve in principle a bill seeking to end child marriage in the country.“As with other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, child marriage is rooted in gender inequality and poverty.” By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA MANILA An international humanitarian and development group lauded the impending passage of a bill seeking to end child marriage in the Philippines. In a statement, Oxfam Pilipinas said it welcomes the House of Representatives Committee on Women and Gender Equality’s (CWGE) decision to approve in principle a bill seeking to end child marriage in the country.

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