First Lady Fatima Bio emphasized the urgent need to prioritize the rights of children, stating that child marriage is akin to legalizing rape.
Save the Children and the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) have formalized a strategic partnership through the signing of a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
Save the Children’s analysis shows that between now and 2030, almost 60% of girls - that’s 931 million - will experience at least one extreme weather event, like flooding, drought or heatwaves.
The Bill, which was gazetted in November 2022, is the outcome of the review process of the Child Rights Act (CRA) 2007, initiated after the Coalition released the Report on the Assessment of the implementation of the CRA in 2019.
This Global Childhood report by Save the Children – “Girls at the centre of the storm: Her planet, her future, her solutions” - also shows that around two-thirds of child marriages happen in regions with higher-than-average climate risks.