Posts by Kelly Vaughan
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch opposes all marriage of children under the age of 18, without exception, because of the devastating consequences for children who marry, the vast majority of whom are girls. HRW investigates and reports on abuses happening in all corners of the world and directs advocacy towards governments, pushing them to change or enforce…
Read MoreGirls Not Brides
Girls Not Brides is a global partnership of more than 1500 civil society organizations from over 100 countries committed to ending child marriage and enabling girls to fulfill their potential. With its partners, Girls Not Brides collaborates to prevent child marriage and support girls who are, have ever been married, raise awareness of the harmful…
Read MoreGlobal Network on Mental Health and Child Marriage
Global Network on Mental Health and Child Marriage, housed at University College London’s Institute for Global Health, is a network of organizations and individuals focused on the mental health consequences of child, early and forced marriage around the globe. Global Network on Mental Health and Child Marriage works collectively to develop priority areas for research,…
Read MoreCARE
CARE works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty, and achieve social justice. With strategic partners and by putting women and girls at the forefront of their programs, CARE promotes equal rights and opportunities, essential in overcoming poverty. CARE complements programming with advocacy supporting the efforts of poor women, girls and families by promoting…
Read MoreUnchained At Last
Unchained At Last is the only organization dedicated to ending forced and child marriage in the United States through direct services and advocacy. Unchained provides crucial legal and social services, always for free, to help women, girls and others in the U.S. to escape arranged/forced marriages. At the same time, Unchained pushes for social, policy…
Read MoreToo Young To Wed
Too Young to Wed (TYTW) envisions a world where every girl decides for herself if and when to marry, girls are free to be children and teens with access to gender-specific healthcare and all levels of education, and all girls are free to determine the course of their own lives. http://www.tooyoungtowed.org/main/index
Read MoreVow to End Child Marriage
VOW to End Child Marriage is an initiative that gives the wedding industry, companies, couples, and individuals a role to play in ending child marriage around the globe. VOW ensures that 100% of funds raised go directly to grassroots organizations working to end child marriage. https://www.vowforgirls.org/aboutchildmarriage
Read MoreUNFPA- UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage
The UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage promotes the rights of adolescent girls to avert marriage and pregnancy, and enables them to achieve their aspirations through education and alternative pathways. The Global program empowers girls to direct their own futures and addresses the underlying conditions that sustain child marriage, advocating for laws and policies…
Read MoreEducate Girls Now
Educate Girls Now seeks to empower the daughters of Afghanistan through education and self-determination. As a project of the Global 500 Environmental Forum, Educate Girls Now’s grassroots approach to aid distribution prioritizes the education of female children, in a society where they are all too often an afterthought, by trying critical food and fuel aid…
Read MoreGirls First Fund
Girls First Fund is a donor collaborative supported by leading philanthropic organizations and individual philanthropists who have come together to champion community-led efforts so that all girls can live free from child marriage and create their own future. The Girls First Fund is focused on ending child marriage with grant making directed to community-based and…
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