HER CHOICE is presenting the findings of the baseline study on the issue of child marriage at the Girls Not Brides Netherlands expert meeting. HER CHOICE is one of the founders of Girls Not Brides Netherlands. Girls Not Brides is a global partnership of more than 800 civil society organisations from over 95 countries committed to […]
Twee jaar na de invoering van de wet Tegengaan Huwelijksdwang, waarmee er een verbod is gekomen op kindhuwelijken, zijn er nog steeds jongens en meisjes onder de 18 die, al dan niet gedwongen, trouwen. Dat zeggen organisaties die zijn aangesloten bij Girls not Brides Nederland, een netwerk dat zich inzet tegen kindhuwelijken. Naar schatting vinden […]
Sony Piya, CWIN, Nepal “The Poster Session this morning worked really well for me. One of the ideas that I heard about was the door to door social campaign in Pakistan which involves young people stenciling a visible permanent mark on the front of each house where families have committed not to marry off their daughters while they […]
Jayanta Kar, The Hunger Project, Bangladesh. ” A big revelation for me at this mornings session was discovering that extreme stress of a mother can affect the development of her baby in the womb. Also after what I learned today about how babies learn in the first two years of life I have a new view about […]
The hunger Project Bangladesh made a video to highlight and share their approach on sexual and reproductive health education. It shows the impact that learning about sexual and reproductive health has on young girls. You can view it here. This video is part of the HER CHOICE programme – creating child marriage-free communities in which girls […]
Emebet Mulugeta and Kidanu Gebre, both Project Officers for ICDI partner organization Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), from Ethiopia. Emebet: “This linking and learning meeting is a wonderful event in my life. It is the first time I have travelled outside Ethiopia and my first time to meet people from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal. I really like the interactive […]
From Ambreen Ajaib, Executive Director, Bedari “I was excited to hear from Mieke Vogels (Foreign Affairs) about the commitment the Dutch government has shown to ending violence against women and improving Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). The fact that she is here and the Ministry will continue to prioritise SRHR is evidence of this […]
Next week, worldwide partners within the HER CHOICE programme – creating child marriage-free communities – will meet in Bangkok. Dutch partner International Child Development Initiatives (ICDI) organizes a five day linking and learning event to bring professionals together to build relationships, develop strategies and to learn skills in developing psychological well-being of children growing up in these difficult […]
For the first time, 30 people played korfball in Nepal. International Child Development Initiatives (ICDI) organized a training on Ducth ‘korfbal’ in Nepal within the HER CHOICE programme -creating child marriage-free communities. Korfball, invented at the beginning of the 20th century, is described as the only true mixed-gender ball game. The participants, both male and female, were staff, teachers and adolescent facilitators from Morang, […]
Outcome document of the high-level meeting on ending child marriage in West and Central Africa Dakar, Senegal – 23-25 October 2017 We the participants of the High-Level Meeting on Ending Child Marriage in West and Central Africa, including First Ladies of the Republic of Sierra Leone and the Republic of Burkina Faso, Ministers and other […]
