Girl Child: ‘Enforce 18 As Minimum Age Of Marriage,’ Ezekwesili Tells Govts

Nigeria: International Day of the Girl Child Obiageli 'Oby' Ezekwesili

A girl who learns is a girl who is not a bride. Today the world is asked to end child marriage and invest in girls' rights. I join that call wearing three hats: as a member of the advisory council behind Columbia University's report Accelerating Efforts to End Child Marriage; as Civil Society Representative on the Steering Committee of the African Union's Decade of Accelerated Action for the Transformation of Education and Skills Development in …

Girl Child: ‘Enforce 18 As Minimum Age Of Marriage,’ Ezekwesili Tells Govts

The former minister said governments must strengthen legal protections for girls while addressing the educational limitations that increase their vulnerability to early marriage.

International Day of the Girl Child Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili

A girl who learns is a girl who is not a bride. Today the world is asked to end child marriage and invest in girls’ rights. I join that call wearing three hats: as a member of the advisory council behind Columbia University’s report Accelerating Efforts to End Child Marriage; as Civil Society Representative on […]

68m child ​‌‌⁠‌‍⁠⁠‍​‌⁠⁠⁠​​‍‌​marriages averted in 25 years due to education

According to UNICEF’s 2026 estimates, an estimated one in five girls are married before age 18 across the world, representing approximately 650 million women and girls alive today who were married in childhood.

Ezekwesili Urges African Governments To Prioritise Girls’ Education To End Child Marriage

Founder of Human Capital Africa (HCA), Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili, has called on African governments to prioritise foundational learning, expand girls’ access to secondary education and enforce laws prohibiting child marriage to protect girls across the continent. Ezekwesili made the call in a statement issued to journalists yesterday in Abuja to mark the International Day of […]

Ezekwesili Urges African States to Ban Child Marriage

Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has urged African governments to enforce 18 years as the minimum age of marriage to protect girls from… The post Ezekwesili Urges African States to Ban Child Marriage appeared first on Latest Breaking News - News Central TV.