Woman 2.1 Summit Stands Against Underage Child Marriage In Nigeria

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WOMAN 2.1 Summit, the award-winning organization that develops and empowers a new generation of women leaders in Africa, has added her voice to calls to cast out any attempts by the Senate of the Republic of Nigeria to legalize underage child marriage.

In a campaign dubbed “Nurture a Girl so that you can marry a Woman”, the organization stated that “underage child marriage is worse than child slavery. Any law that allows Child Marriage is not only degrading and enslaving but nation-wrecking and killing. A 13-year old Girl must be educated and empowered, not married long before she can even vote. We stand in solidarity and we lend our voices for the girls silenced by the Senate in Nigeria. As mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers, we demand the protection and empowerment for all Nigerian girls; not their enslavement.”

Mr. Benjamin Gregory Aggrey, the founder of WOMAN 2.1 Summit added “Nigeria as a nation will be the biggest loser if the intended child marriage bill is passed.” The very future development of any country is periled if the empowerment of girls and women is not protected. The “Nurture a Girl so that you can marry a Woman” campaign is calling on all men and women, organizations and civil societies to rise up and stand against the legalization of underage child marriage in Nigeria and anywhere in the world.