"Visim welcomes as U.N. General Assembly Adopts Resolution to End Child, Early, and Forced Marriage Worldwide"
Visible Impact welcomes as U.N. General Assembly Adopts Resolution to End Child, Early, and Forced Marriage Worldwide. Visible Impact has been advocating for and working towards creating awareness and eliminating early, forced and child marriage in Kharanitar village of Nuwakot district. The following paragraphs has been excerpted from the press release by the Center for Reproductive Rights.
12.19.16 - (PRESS RELEASE) Today the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) reaffirmed its commitment to eliminating child, early and forced marriage globally with a new resolution that calls on states to strengthen laws and policies to protect women and girls from this harmful practice.
Over 100 states sponsored the UNGA resolution which identifies gender inequality among the root causes of child, early and forced marriage. The resolution calls on all states to enact and enforce laws requiring a minimum age for marriage and ensure access to justice for women and girls who are at risk or have been subjected to this harmful practice. The resolution also urges states to respect, promote, and protect the sexual and reproductive health and rights of all women and those girls subjected to child, early and forced marriage.
This is the second resolution from the U.N. General Assembly calling on governments to take substantive legal and policy measures to prevent and eradicate child, early, and forced marriage. The resolution follows the 2015 global commitment to eradicate child, early, and forced marriage as part of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and a Human Rights Council resolution in 2015.
