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Advocates seize on white house Africa summit to call for end to child marriage

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Child Marriage

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TIME

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Maya Rhodan

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On the sidelines of the first U.S.-African Summit, the International Center for Research on Women along with Girls Not Brides USA, Human Rights Watch and International Women’s Health Coalition hosted a special event calling on U.S. and African leaders to end child, early and forced marriage.

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