
On 25 September, on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly, Just Rights for Children convened a high-level side event on Creating a Child Marriage Free World: Building the Case for Prevention, Protection, and Prosecution.
The event was organised with the Office of H.E. Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone and President of OAFLAD, the Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone, and the Government of Kenya, in partnership with the World Jurist Association, the Global Survivors Fund, and Jurists for Children Worldwide.
This convening was a call to the world that child marriage is a crime. It is child rape. With the force of law, its end is inevitable.

"The crisis of child marriage requires an approach that addresses the complex and interlinked factors including poverty, lack of women economic empowerment, climate conflicts, and humanitarian crisis that increase child marriage rates in times of insecurity."
Dr. Najat Maalla M’jid
Special Representative to the Secretary General on Violence Against Children

"Every girl forced into child marriage is one too many. It’s time to turn words into action together. Governments, international organizations, civil society, and individuals must unite with urgency and resolve. No more delays. No more silence. The time to end child marriage is now."
Dr. Kirsi Madi
Deputy Executive Director, UN Women



































