PPT-Ending Child Marriage and Harmful Traditional Practices from Eritrea

September 711 2015 Radisson BLU Hotel Lusaka Zambia Content of Presentation Eritrea Country profile Regional and International conventions on Child Rights International amp National legal Instruments. Hurera. . A Life of Diminished Opportunities. By MRS. MARYAM UWAIS. 3. rd. April, 2014. 1. My name is . Hurera. . I am a thirteen year-old Nigerian girl. I was born and raised within a large compound of many rooms built of mud and thatch, in a beautiful peaceful and serene rural community on the outskirts of . A presentation by Françoise Moudouthe, . Girls Not Brides. SADC Regional Parliamentary Dialogue on Child Marriage . Laws. . February 2015. 1. . The challenge: Child marriage in Southern . Africa. 1. . Marcelline. . Ntakibirora. . Health/immunization. . Background . 42 . % . girls (26% in urban areas, 53% in rural areas) are married before the age of . 18. .70. % of girls are married before reaching the age of 18.In Niger, Chad and Mali 1 in 3 women are married before turning . Christal. Reedy. TESOL 507. August 11, 2014. Where is Eritrea?. Eritrea is located on the continent of Africa. It . It. is in Northeast Africa. It borders the Red Sea in the north and east. . In the southeast, it borders . Penn-UNICEF 2012 Summer Program - Advances in Social Norms and Social Change . . Tania Sultana. Philadelphia, July 13, 2012. 1. Bangladesh at a Glance. 2. About 150 million population . in the area of 147, 570 sq. km. social . norms. to . promote. the abandon of . child. . marriage. . whithin. . Hausa’s. . community. in Maradi and Zinder . region. in Niger. Salmey. . Bebert. , Child protection . Specialist. September 7-11, 2015. Radisson . BLU . Hotel, . Lusaka, Zambia. Content of Presentation. Eritrea Country profile. Regional and International conventions on Child Rights; . International & National legal Instruments. Traditional Marriage . Ahh. , marriage. It evokes visions of a sweet young couple, standing side by side, loving each other while dreaming of being surrounded by many children until their last, dying days. Your family probably hopes and prays that you will be blessed with such a beautiful union...yet history shows they should be careful what they wish for!. September 7-11, 2015. Radisson . BLU . Hotel, . Lusaka, Zambia. Content of Presentation. Eritrea Country profile. Regional and International conventions on Child Rights; . International & National legal Instruments. Martha Tukahirwa. SIHA NETWORK. About SIHA Network. SIHA Network. The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) is a network of civil society organizations . from Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Somaliland, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Uganda. !oro: music : traditional practices of massaging and healing the body. ! Waiata: traditional songs for healing purposes. ! Taonga p"oro: traditional M!ori instruments for traditional practices were o . “We must do away with child marriage. Girls who end up as brides at a tender age are coerced into having children while they are children . themselves.”. Dr. . Nkosazana. . Dlamini-Zuma. , Chairperson, AUC at the International Conference on Family Planning, Addis Ababa, November 2013. 2021. DEFINITIONS . Traditional cultural practices: . They reflect values & beliefs held by members of a community for periods often spanning generations. Some are beneficial, some have neither benefits nor harms, and some are harmful to a specific group e.g. Female Genital Mutilation & child marriage.. Nkumbiza. T. Mumba. National Prosecution Authority. Introduction . Child marriage is not merely a breach of legal boundaries; it is a violation of fundamental human rights such as education, a menace that robs our children of their innocence and...