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Champions leading to end child marriage in Africa

Portrait of Judith Ann Mwila, of Zambia and World Family Organization Vice-President for Communication and Public Relation Affairs.

“We want families to know that there’s a place where they can go to get guidance on whether to avoid child marriage. It’s true that some parents have been forced to marry off their children as a result of poverty. And now, we are actually working on a project with Heifer where families that are poor like that . . . they will be empowered with some livestock so that they can educate their children instead of marrying them off.

“One, we encourage them to keep the girls in school and, two, to find ways for them to generate income so they don’t have to think if they marry off a child, they will have more money. Because it’s not marrying off that brings the money. It’s for them to generate income.”

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 Judith Ann Mwila, of Zambia and World Family Organization Vice-President for Communication and Public Relation Affairs.<br />
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“We want families to know that there’s a place where they can go to get guidance on whether to avoid child marriage. It’s true that some parents have been forced to marry off their children as a result of poverty. And now, we are actually working on a project with Heifer where families that are poor like that . . . they will be empowered with some livestock so that they can educate their children instead of marrying them off.<br />
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“One, we encourage them to keep the girls in school and, two, to find ways for them to generate income so they don’t have to think if they marry off a child, they will have more money. Because it’s not marrying off that brings the money. It’s for them to generate income.” <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