Champions leading to end child marriage in Africa
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Portrait of Mariama Mohamed Cisse, Secretary of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) from Niger.
Three out of every four girls in Mariama Mohamed Cisse’s home country of Niger are married before their 18th birthdays. When parents ask her why they shouldn’t marry their daughters young, she points to herself.
“I say, ‘Listen, you see where I am now? I am a diplomat. I am working for an international organization. If I had been married at an early age, I would not become today [the person] you people are coming to to ask for help, to ask for advice. It’s because I was not a victim of child marriage and that my father, my mother pushed me to continue my studies that I reached this stage. So I should be an example for you.’ ”
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 Mariama Mohamed Cisse, Secretary of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) from Niger.<br />
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Three out of every four girls in Mariama Mohamed Cisse’s home country of Niger are married before their 18th birthdays. When parents ask her why they shouldn’t marry their daughters young, she points to herself.<br />
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“I say, ‘Listen, you see where I am now? I am a diplomat. I am working for an international organization. If I had been married at an early age, I would not become today [the person] you people are coming to to ask for help, to ask for advice. It’s because I was not a victim of child marriage and that my father, my mother pushed me to continue my studies that I reached this stage. So I should be an example for you.’ ”<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.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000tpqMhHpbJ.E/fit=1000x750/g=G0000vOdmVmMNPKI/160107-Sinclair-Zambia-018.jpg)
