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Champions leading to end child marriage in Africa

Portrait of Dr. Laouali Aissatou Abdou, secretary general with the Ministry of Population, Promotion of Women & Child Protection, Niger.

“We think and we believe that the only way to end child marriage is to maintain girls in school. The challenge is that everything in our local homes is made by women. Breads to making clothes to bringing the water, everything. So we are trying to provide them machines at home, which give the women more time to get the chance to study because all the work is done by women.”

For a portrait series on champions leading to end child marriage in Africa. All images made at the first-ever African Girls’ Summit on Ending Child Marriage, held in Lusaka, Zambia. The meeting aimed to facilitate exchange of good practices and challenges in ending child marriage, and to secure and renew commitments from African stakeholders.

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Portrait of Dr. Laouali Aissatou Abdou, secretary general with the Ministry of Population, Promotion of Women & Child Protection, Niger.<br />
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“We think and we believe that the only way to end child marriage is to maintain girls in school. The challenge is that everything in our local homes is made by women. Breads to making clothes to bringing the water, everything. So we are trying to provide them machines at home, which give the women more time to get the chance to study because all the work is done by women.”<br />
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For a portrait series on champions leading to end child marriage in Africa. All images made at the first-ever African Girls’ Summit on Ending Child Marriage, held in Lusaka, Zambia. The meeting aimed to facilitate exchange of good practices and challenges in ending child marriage, and to secure and renew commitments from African stakeholders.

Stephanie Sinclair

Champions leading to end child marriage in Africa