The Way Forward: Moving Together to End Child Marriage in East Africa
This webinar was originally scheduled for December 8, 2022. It has been rescheduled for January 2023 with an official date not yet confirmed.
During this second webinar of a two-part series, join key advocacy and policy changemakers for a discussion on what actions can be used to address child marriage and support already married girls in forcibly displaced and crisis-affected communities in the region.
Moderator:
Dr. Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, chief executive at Rozaria Memorial Trust and the goodwill ambassador on ending child marriage at the African Union
Speakers:
Gayatri Patel, vice president of advocacy and external relations at the Women’s Refugee Commission
Other speakers to be announced
Integrating the Response to Child Marriage in East Africa
East Africa has some of the highest rates of child marriage. Roughly one in three girls is married as a child in Uganda and Tanzania, and about half or more of girls in South Sudan, Eritrea, and Somalia marry before age 18. “Child Marriage in Humanitarian Settings: Integrating the Response to Child Marriage” is a two-year initiative to engage feminist and women-led civil society organizations, experts, and practitioners to learn how best to enhance coordination and collaboration with humanitarian actors to end child marriage and support already married girls in forcibly displaced and crisis-affected communities in East Africa.
This web page provides an overview of the initiative and links to our key resources.
Engaging Feminist Civil Society Actors to End Child Marriage in East Africa
This brief provides an overview of the “Child Marriage in Humanitarian Settings: Integrating the Response to Child Marriage” initiative’s approach and the key advocacy and research activities undertaken in the first three phases.