Girls Not Brides campaign aims to end child marriage in a generation

ICRW’s Anju Malhotra, a leading expert on child marriage, is featured in a Slate article about the launch of “Girls Not Brides,” an international campaign of The Elders aimed at ending child marriage in a generation.

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