Did you know that because of child marriage, we all lose out? When the potential one-third of girls in developing nations is cut short, everyone is affected.

The decline in child marriage is still slow. To end child marriage in Nepal by 2020, an accelerated effort is required. Zonta supports the Global Programme to End Child Marriage, which is working to end this harmful practice in 12 countries by promoting the rights of adolescent girls to avert marriage and pregnancy and enabling them to achieve their aspirations through education and alternative pathways. Join us in ending all violence against women and girls.

Did you know that education can be one of the most powerful tools to enable girls to avoid child marriage and fulfill their potential? Through the Let Us Learn project, Zonta is creating opportunities for vulnerable and excluded children—particularly girls—in Madagascar with UNICEF USA. Learn more at https://foundation.zonta.org/Let-Us-Learn-Madagascar.

“With our major international project to end child marriage—whose victims are mostly girls—Zonta addresses not only a humanitarian issue, but one that also negatively affects societies. When girls become brides and subsequently mothers, this often ends their education. We advocate for every girl to have the right to finish school.”
—President Susanne von Bassewitz

Did you know that 90 percent of pregnant girls in the developing world are already married? Child brides face higher risks of death in childbirth and are more vulnerable to pregnancy-related injuries. Help us end child marriage.

In cooperation with Soroptimist International Club Liestal, the Zonta Club of Liestal in Switzerland, District 28, organized an information booth in the center of their city.

Established during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, the booth had informative material including an emergency card for women who are in danger of violence.

Additionally, the city’s library and trees are lit up in orange to spread awareness of Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women.

Did you know that population growth in each of these regions means that more and more girls are at risk? Join us and say NO to child marriage.

Instead of 12 million girls getting married each year, what if 12 million girls had options for their future? Join Zonta International today in ending child marriage.

These goals cannot be met without first ending child marriage. Visit https://www.zonta.org/Global-Impact/Advocacy/SDGs to learn more.

Did you know that child marriage perpetuates cycles of poverty? Let girls be girls instead of wives. By not marrying young, girls are more likely to receive an education and economic opportunities that will help them to break the cycle of poverty.