{"id":3372,"date":"2018-06-07T15:17:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T13:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sboverseas.org\/?p=3372"},"modified":"2018-06-07T15:17:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T13:17:24","slug":"lets-make-sure-that-girls-can-be-girls-and-not-brides-edd18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sboverseas.org\/nl\/lets-make-sure-that-girls-can-be-girls-and-not-brides-edd18\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Let’s make sure that girls can be girls and not brides’ – #EDD18"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yesterday, marked the closing of the\u00a012th European Development Days (EDDs).\u00a0This conference attracts over 8,000 participants from over 140 different countries. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The two-day conference focused on gender equality and the empowerment and engagement of women in sustainable development<\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span>SB OverSeas attended <\/span><\/span><\/span>a number of<\/span><\/span><\/span> panels focusing on those <\/span><\/span><\/span>pertaining to<\/span><\/span><\/span> migration and gender-based violence<\/span><\/span><\/span>. We had the opportunity to hear from those who are in the forefront of their profession. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We heard from Mabel van Oranje, Chair of Girls Not Brides who talked about the widespread practice of child marriage and its consequences<\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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‘Let’s make sure that girls can be girls and not brides.’<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Mabel van Oranje, Chair of Girls Not Brides<\/div>\n
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We were also granted the opportunity to hear from Meghla Akter, who told us her story of escaping her arranged marriage<\/span><\/span><\/span>. She is now working in her community to stamp out this harmful practice.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Credit to Mabel van Oranje twitter<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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‘We would like to enjoy our childhood. We want to live our lives in freedom’<\/span><\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Meghla Akter – Speaker, World Vision, former child bride<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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In between<\/span><\/span><\/span> conferences, we had the opportunity to talk to stand-holders to learn about their work.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We are in our third year of advancing the Sustainable Development Goals. The goal of eliminating child marriage by 2030 has been set. <\/span><\/span>With over 40% of Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon married before the age of 18, it is imperative that this is on the agenda <\/span><\/span><\/span>in order to<\/span><\/span><\/span> reach this goal<\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The European Parliament has called on the European Commission to make ending child marriage a key <\/span><\/span><\/span>objective<\/span><\/span><\/span> in its development policy and creating a year against child marriage<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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SB OverSeas publishes a number of stories from the ground on child marriage<\/a> and in addition we are organising a conference<\/a> at the European Parliament on the increasingly prevalent practice on the 20th June.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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