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June 28, 2023 09:00 ET | Source: Global Fund for Children

AMI-EAST AND SPMUS WIN 2023 JULIETTE GIMON COURAGE AWARDS

WASHINGTON, DC and LONDON, June 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Fund for Children announces the winners of the 2023 Juliette Gimon Courage Awards today, recognizing the tenacity of two...
June 23, 2022 06:59 ET | Source: Children Believe

Weddings Boom in Canada Post-Pandemic, While the Number of At-risk Child Brides Escalates by 10 Million Globally

MARKHAM, Ontario, June 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Namiratou has been promised in marriage, beaten, driven from her family home by her father and sexually victimized. And she’s not yet 18....
December 10, 2018 10:00 ET | Source: National Coalition to End Child Marriage in the United States

First National Coalition to End "Child Marriage" in the United States Is Launched

New York, NY, Dec. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On International Human Rights Day, Unchained At Last and Equality Now are launching a National Coalition to End Child Marriage in the United States....
April 18, 2016 11:02 ET | Source: Population Media Center

Nepal's First President Celebrates Efforts to End Child Marriage this Nepali New Year

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt., April 18, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As people gathered to celebrate the Nepali New Year, the former Nepali president was celebrating two new dramas designed to help stop child...
September 21, 2015 16:06 ET | Source: Population Media Center

Kendeda Fund Awards Population Media Center $1.4M to Fight Child Marriage in Nepal

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 21, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Kendeda Fund, a private grantmaking foundation dedicated to supporting the dignity of individuals and the sustainability of communities...
August 13, 2015 16:17 ET | Source: Population Media Center

Elton Sherwin: Child Brides and Why I Support PMC

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 13, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Part of what makes Population Media Center (PMC) so compelling to so many supporters is that our work touches on such a myriad of important...