Petition for CSW 57 Resolution Against Child Marriage – Call for Signatures
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: February 18, 2013
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PETITION AGAINST CHILD MARRIAGE.
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YWCA Calls for Signatures
Petition be submitted to the 57TH Session of the UN
Commission on the Status of Women – 7th March, 2013, New York, USA
We
the Petition signed organizations and individuals call on the United Nations
Commission on the Status of Women, at its 57th Session to adopt the
following Special Resolution/Statement committing to end child marriage:
Globally,
an estimated 1 in 3 young women aged 20 to 24 were married before the age of 18
years. If present trends continue, an estimated 142 million girls will be
married by their 18th birthdayby 2020 (UNFPA 2012). Child marriage is an
unacceptable violation of the rights of children, especially adolescent girls
with long term negative consequences on their health and well being. It denies
these children their childhood, disrupting their access to education, limiting
their ability to participate in economic and social spheres, and jeopardizing
their health – including increasing the risk of dying from complications during
pregnancy or childbirth. It renders girls and young women more vulnerable to
intimate partner violence, including sexual violence and can increase the risk
of HIV. Child marriage resulting from physical and/or emotional force is a
form of violence itself. Child marriage can be prevented and eradicated in a
single generation.
We therefore call upon Member States working collaboratively with other
stakeholders to commit towards:
- Ending child marriage in a single generation by 2030.
- Including the eradication of child marriage as a key
indicator in the post 2015 development agenda; - Investing in education and economic empowerment of
girls, boys and young women as critical measures for preventing child
marriage; - Scaling-up legislative, administrative and financial
efforts for impactful interventions at community levels focused on
preventing child marriage, protecting girls at risk and supporting
adolescents in marriage; - Calling for similar commitments to be made at all
levels including at the Human Rights Council and regional
intergovernmental bodies.
Formally to be submitted to the Chair of the Bureau 57th UN
CSW on the eve 7th March 2013 in New York.
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