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On this International Day of the Girl, data are essential to showing us how much progress is needed to #EndChildMarriage.
Explore the Child Marriage Data Portal to see where progress is happening, where girls remain at risk, and where action is needed most.
#IDG #DayoftheGirl
Child Marriage Monitoring Mechanism retweeted
🎓 If all girls completed secondary school, child marriage could be reduced by as much as two-thirds.
High quality education empowers adolescents to take charge of their health & futures. It can also help them challenge gender inequalities that drive child marriage & early pregnancy around the world.
🔗bit.ly/4cIGwdf
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Excited to see a focus on data at #CSW69 📊
UNICEF's e-learning course on harmful practices data launches this week, and is open to all!
If you are planning to attend the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York City, please join us: unicef.link/4iMGBhE #CSW69
🇨🇴We celebrate the news from Colombia, where a bill banning child marriage has been passed.
Nearly a quarter of girls in Colombia are married in childhood, and in total, over four million girls and women in the country were child brides.
🔗Learn more: childmarriagedata.org/countr…
Child Marriage Monitoring Mechanism retweeted
Every girl has the right to access education, make her own choices and be protected from violence.
Child marriage takes away these rights.
At the current pace, the world is 300 years away from ending this harmful practice.
We all have a role in stopping it. Act now. #GirlGoals
On #DayOfTheGirl, reflecting on the importance of education in offering a better future for girls
Data show us that:
📚 If all girls finished secondary school, #childmarriage globally would likely fall by two thirds
✨Thank you ✨to the speakers who joined us at #UNGA79 last week and shared their commitment to #EndChildMarriage.
See event highlights below!
Child Marriage Monitoring Mechanism retweeted
🗓️ On Sept 24, the Governments of Canada 🇨🇦 and Zambia 🇿🇲, with @CMM_Mechanism, hosted a high-level event during to strategize on ending #ChildMarriage and accelerating progress towards SDG 5.3 by 2030. #UNGA79
✨Catch the key takeaways in the thread below!
Data are essential to understanding girls' risk of child marriage, and where interventions can make the greatest impact.
Global leaders and development partners came together at #UNGA79 to discuss how data can light the path to a world without child marriage.
Today at #UNGA, together with the Governments of Canada and Zambia, we gathered with world leaders to reflect on what we can learn from data in our effort to #EndChildMarriage.
Event highlights to follow!
On this #InternationalDayofEducation, join us in exploring data on the linkages between schooling and child marriage.
The Child Marriage Data Portal offers data-driven insights, for instance: 87% of married adolescent girls are out of school.
🔗childmarriagedata.org
TODAY: Announcing the global launch of the Child Marriage Data Portal.
Whether you seek data to inform policy, guide programming, shape advocacy, mobilize resources or assess progress, this resource puts reliable and up-to-date data at your fingertips.
🔗childmarriagedata.org
Join us TOMORROW for the launch of the Child Marriage Data Portal, to learn how data can light the path to a world with no child marriage.
Register for the global launch event, 8am EST tomorrow:
🔗bit.ly/CMDataPortal
COMING SOON: We are excited to announce the newest resource using the power of data to end child marriage, the Child Marriage Data Portal.
Join us for the launch event on 12 Dec to learn more:
🔗bit.ly/CMDataPortal
Unleash the power of data for a brighter world! 🌍💡
From pinpointing vital needs to optimizing resource allocation, data fuels our journey.
At #UNGA78 partners recommitted to ignite change and ensure every girl's potential shines to #EndChildMarriage
