Blog: October 2012

Posted by Winnie Byanyima on Friday, October 12, 2012

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Luck and Education

Winnie Byanyima reflects on how education can make a difference in girls' lives

Former ICRW board member Winnie Byanyima writes about how her mother, a school teacher in Uganda, used what little she had to create opportunities for her children. Today, Byanyima directs the gender team in the Bureau for Development Policy at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Posted by Sarah Degnan Kambou on Thursday, October 11, 2012

It Begins with Girls

ICRW celebrates new government and private sector investments in girls

In celebration of the first International Day of the Girl, the U.S. government and major corporations made landmark commitments to girls around the world by investing in initiatives to prevent child marriage and to ensure that every girl has a chance to finish school.
Posted by Gillian Gaynair on Wednesday, October 10, 2012

The Gatekeeper

Why a middle-aged Ethiopian man believes child marriage must end

It’s hard for me to forget Tesfaye Haile. A tall man with light brown eyes and a salt-and-pepper beard, he was perhaps the most animated person I met during my week in Ethiopia’s Amhara region.