Ending child marriage: turning Commonwealth promises into action
Publication Date
26 June 2013
Publication Author
Nazma Kabir
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Plan UK stresses the importance of cooperation to address the issue of child marriage, and cites our partnership with them in Bangladesh as an example of how working together can achieve community-level success. Going further, Plan UK calls on the Commonwealth to put their commitment to end child marriage into a plan of action.
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