FG Partners United Nations To End Child Marriage



The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development is working to end child marriage in Nigeria, a statement has said.
The statement, issued by Ms Kori Habib, Media and Communication Advisor, UNFPA Nigeria in Abuja on Friday, said the two agencies are taking practical steps to end the practice in Nigeria.
She said the action was in line with Common African Position on Ending Child Marriage in Africa, which was adopted by the AU Assembly of Heads of States and Government in June, 2015.
She said the agency has planned that the campaign along with the National Strategy document (2016 – 2020).

According to her, 43 per cent of Nigerian girls get married under the age of 18, while 17 per cent of the 43 per cent get married earlier than they reach 15 years.
She said child marriage acts are getting more a widespread phenomenon due to a range of factors; it grows to a huge number of mutilated young lives.
“Children are our future and hope, and it is the adults’ task number one to protect young interests, as a result, our society will have a good educated, healthy and happy generation,’’ she said.
She added that despite being prohibited by international human rights law and many national laws, child marriage continues to rob millions of girls of their childhood, forcing them out of education.
She added that in some regions, the least age of getting married legalised by law is less than 18 years.
She said: “In other regions marriage under the age of 18 is committed with the agreement of their parents, due to pregnancy or any other circumstances.’’

She stressed that in a different region cultural traditions can be stronger than the official legal norms.
Habib said for the period from 2011 to 2020 more than 140 million girls will become young brides before they reach 18 years of age, 18.50 million girls will be aged less than 15 years.
“If the current situation will stay at the same level, every year 14.2 million girls will marry at early age, which means that 39,000 of such marriages will be performed daily,’’ she said.

NAN

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Heroes reality TV Show Set To Unveil All 37 Housemates.

Image
Unlike most reality show in Nigeria, Heroes back to the roots is deeply rooted in the spirit of our culture and tourism. Speaking in an interview with the Director of the reality show, Ifeanyi   Onyeabo,   (Nollywood foremost movie director) says, the whole idea behind the show was born out of the negligence of culture and tourism exhibited by Nigerians, especially the youths who now prefer the western ways of doing things. Claiming that, our appreciation and value of culture and tourism is gradually dying out before our very eyes. The Heroes reality TV show is put together by De Havilla Timeless Production Ltd, a leading entertainment firm in Nigeria, in partnership with the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Heroes, is Nigeria’s first culture and tourism reality show designed to promote and re-value our dying Nigerian culture and appreciation of indigenous tourist zones. Heroes... back to the roots as it is fondly called, held a nation- wide au...
Read more

OMG ! An Angel like Image Spotted In The Sky In Dansoman, Ghana.

Image
Dansoman is a sub-urban town in Accra region of Ghana, located near Accra. the town is known for being the largest estate in West Africa. in 2013, it was reported that an image of Jesus Christ was spotted in the sky at Dansoman, Accra Ghana that occurence alone triggered a lot of speculations about the second coming as well as the end time. just this morning some set of people living in the same town saw another image of an Heavenly body in the sky which lasted for a few hours statically, they watched the angel persistently until it vanished off gradually into the sky. Many were afraid at the sight of this appearance, wondering what signs it had come to give, some of the inhabitants of Dansoman went rhetorical, asking what is actually wrong or right about this very town where this appearances keeps taking place others assumed the end time is just closer than they ever imagined.
Read more

Oscars 2018: The shape of water leads the race with 13 nods

Image
shot from the movie: the shape of water Oscar nominations for the 90th annual awards were announced on Tuesday morning from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif. Academy President John Bailey was joined by Tiffany Haddish and Andy Serkis to reveal the nominees in 24 categories. Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” continued its awards show streak, leading the pack with 13 nominations. Martin McDonagh’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” followed behind with nine nods and “Dunkirk” with eight. All three films earned best picture nominations. The rest of the category was rounded out by “Call Me By Your Name,” “Darkest Hour,” “Get Out,” “Phantom Thread,” “Lady Bird,” and “The Post.” The Academy Awards — hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for the second time — will air live on ABC on March 4. Here is the list of 2018 Oscar nominations: Best Picture: “Call Me by Your Name” “Darkest Hour” “Dunkirk” “Get Out” “Lady Bird” “Phantom...
Read more