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Child marriage is a hidden crime, and it s happening in Western nations, says survivor and advocate One in five girls around the world are married as children, before the age of 18. It s not just an issue specific to developing countries; it’s taking place in Canada too. Social Sharing CBC Radio · Posted: May 22, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 22 Payzee Mahmod was a child bride in the U.K. at the age of 16. She now advocates for an end to the practice, which happens to one in five girls worldwide.(Jason Wen) The Current23:18Addressing child marriage in Canada Payzee Mahmod was 16 and just about to enter her college years when she learned she was going to be a child bride. ....
8 March 2021 – Ten million additional child marriages may occur before the end of the decade, threatening years of progress in reducing the practice, according to a new analysis released by UNICEF today. COVID-19: A threat to progress against child marriage – released on International Women’s Day – warns that school closures, economic stress, service disruptions, pregnancy, and parental deaths due to the pandemic are putting the most vulnerable girls at increased risk of child marriage. Even before the COVID-19 outbreak, 100 million girls were at risk of child marriage in the next decade, despite significant reductions in several countries in recent years. In the last ten years, the proportion of young women globally who were married as children had decreased by 15 per cent, from nearly 1 in 4 to 1 in 5, the equivalent of some 25 million marriages averted, a gain that is now under threat. ....
Posted: Monday, March 8, 2021 11:58 Ten million more girls face the risk of child marriage because of the COVID-19 pandemic, warns the UN agency focused on children UNICEF Canada. In the decade before the pandemic, progress had been made in reducing marriages of girls by 15 percent. This drove the risk from one in four girls married early to one in five, representing some 25 million marriages averted. “COVID-19 is threatening the fragile gains made to advance girls’ rights,” said Rowena Pinto, Chief Program Officer at UNICEF Canada. “Shuttered schools, isolation from friends, and rising poverty have added fuel to a fire the world was already struggling to put out. International Women’s Day reminds us that we can and we must extinguish child marriage.” ....
New Report Identifies Ten Ways Canadian Businesses Can Better Support Children s Rights First-ever Child Rights and Business Assessment launched in Canada Published 12-10-20 TORONTO, December 10, 2020 /CSRwire/ – In celebration of Human Rights Day, UNICEF Canada and Global Compact Network Canada today launched the first-ever Child Rights and Business Assessment to help Canadian businesses assess their impact on children’s wellbeing. The tool provides ten recommendations for Canadian companies to become champions for children and includes examples of how leading Canadian companies are currently reporting on their efforts to address children’s rights. To view or download the report, visit www.unicef.ca/csr or www.globalcompact.ca. ....