Sentences with phrase «ending child marriages»

Plan International supported ICRW to facilitate a workshop and redevelop a program model and program document for 18 +: Ending Child Marriages in Southern Africa, Plan's sub-regional program that aims to reduce child marriages in four participating countries of Southern Africa, namely Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The Atheist Centre of India supports intercaste marriages and actively works to end child marriages and caste separation.

Recognizing the significant difference that this could make in and to our nation, Ghana has launched a campaign, under the auspices of UNICEF, to end child marriage in our nation by focusing not only on getting young girls in school but also on keeping them there their education is complete.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat who has called ending child marriage a priority, is expected to sign the measure into law.

She emphasized the need for chiefs and the clergy to support government's quest to end child marriage prevalent in the Northern Region.

During the recent meeting of the Organisation of African First Ladies against HIV & AIDS here in Accra, my husband President John Dramani Mahama launched the «Ending Child Marriage» Campaign.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Proposals to end child marriage, address government corruption and revise the state's antiquated voting laws await New York state lawmakers returning to Albany to finish up their annual legislative session.

And she referred to his work in expanding marriage rights for same - sex couples and closing loopholes to end child marriage.

The theme of this year's Children's Day Celebration is «Protecting the Right of the Child in the face of Violence and Insecurity: End Child Marriage.»

She cited Cuomo's successful efforts to legalize gay marriage, end child marriage, and crack down on campus sexual assault.

There are proven highly cost - effective means of lowering fertility rates: providing access to contraceptives, keeping girls in school, ending child marriage practices, and changing social norms (including attitudes toward women and desired family size) through entertainment media.

Ending child marriage and ensuring girls go to school is where it can begin.

Not exact matches

The end of the marriage was painful, but now Michael and I are able to be friends and even take vacations together with our children.

That said, year - end is a great time to review and update your account beneficiaries, especially if you've had a major life event like a marriage or a newborn child.

Ragansteve, And in those hundred years, we have seen women obtain the vote, the end of child labor, the end of Jim Crow laws, civil rights for blacks, the end of segregation, the end of the prohibition of mixed race marriages, and the list goes on and on.

My family had a false complaint against us and child and family services wanted to take our kids away from us which in the end they could not dig any trash up on me or anyone else, but that event has caused a crash of my marriage and not sure where that is going to end up.

Instead of quietly ending his engagement to Mary when he learned of her unplanned and untimely pregnancy, Joseph went ahead with their marriage, and agreed to become the adopted father of her child.

Disney and its predictable storylines and happy endings are all very well for children's fairy tales but they don't help us when we enter into an adult marriage, with its struggles and difficulties.

He threatened that if I did not the results would be the end of our marriage and the resulting pain this would bring to our children.»

Again, marriage may be thought the ideal but there will be a strong motivation to ensure that young people have all the necessary information about contraception because they may end up, fairly naturally, doing the «loving» bit first before they are ready to have children.

We now live in a culture in which about half of all marriages end in divorce; in which nearly half of all children spend part of their childhood in fatherless homes; in which women and men who put their families first are falling behind economically and professionally; in which many of the nation's youngest citizens are starving for parental time and attention, and often for basic material necessities.

Also, if it can be proved that one of the parties never intended to have children, which is one of the ends of marriage, this could also nullify the vows.

My own analysis is that the Church, rather than any hierarchy of ends, now wishes to emphasise their intimate connection and interdependence, especially so as to help overcome the modern mindset that marriage can be truly fruitful and «fulfilling» independently of the children who may be born of and nourish any genuine conjugal love.

Marriage is, as Russell argues, a biological institution to beget and rear children for the ends of particular communities.

After breast cancer treatments 10 years ago caused her to be unable to conceive and her marriage ended a short time later, she said she was unsure if she would ever have a child.

As for people that are saying «Christians raise their children to hate the thought of sex and to wait till marriage,» not only is it for their children to hopefully make their parents religion their religion but also keep them from ending up with a kid at the age of 14.

Instead of portraying an attempt to understand each other better and grow into a more mature love, Ibsen's play ends with Nora abruptly leaving her husband, her children and her home, considering her marriage ended and her husband a stranger and handing back her ring, despite the fact that Torvald apologises for his anger and promises to change.

It's a pre-requisite for having children, but it is by no means sufficient for raising those children or for fulfilling the moral and spiritual ends of marriage.

Similarly, rather than handing out marriages to everyone equally, the privilege of marriage should go to those able to fulfill the intrinsic ends of the activities traditional marriage protects: the procreation and education of children, protection from concupiscence, and mutual sanctification.

I'm no fan of the Trumps and infidelity isn't OK but it doesn't always end a marriage — they had two more children after the alleged affair — yet the «serves him right» mentality surrounding the Trumps divorce is upsetting.

This, despite the fact that 60 percent of second marriage end in divorce (although I'd be curious to know what percentage of those marriages involve children).

Perhaps not; while about 15 percent to 45 percent of first marriages end in divorce about 60 percent to 80 percent of second marriages end in divorce (although numbers vary on how many of those second marriages are to the former spouse or a different one with assorted children from different parents all trying to live happily a la «The Brady Bunch» under one roof).

Other predictions were equally unpredictive: that a high school romance would end in marriage (it didn't) or that a career would peak in a grocery store stockroom (it didn't); and predictions for women centered on marriage and children.

Marriages involving the care of a child with a special health condition end in divorce nearly 80 % of the time.

Children feel secure when they know that Mom and Dad love each other — particularly in today's world, where 50 percent of marriages end in divorce; half of your children's friends have gone, or are going through a divorce; or maybe it's your kids who have survived a divorce and are now living in a new family arraChildren feel secure when they know that Mom and Dad love each other — particularly in today's world, where 50 percent of marriages end in divorce; half of your children's friends have gone, or are going through a divorce; or maybe it's your kids who have survived a divorce and are now living in a new family arrachildren's friends have gone, or are going through a divorce; or maybe it's your kids who have survived a divorce and are now living in a new family arrangement.

Despite the ugly way in which that marriage ended, they had three children together — thus furthering her genes.

Anyone who has the courage to leave a marriage where this is occurring and end that horrible trauma for their children is not selfish but responsible.

By the end of January I already had an appointment with the a Marriage and Family counselor for both myself and my three children.

They agreed to have children together but they also agreed that their marriage would end when the kids are out of the house (the option to stay married was there, but not the expectation).

• There were 13 divorces an hour in England and Wales in 2012 • Women were granted 65 % of all divorces • 9,703 men and 6,026 women aged over 60 got divorced • One in seven divorces were granted as a result of adultery • 719 (less than 1 %) divorces were granted because of desertion • The average age at divorce was 45 for men and 42 for women • 9 % of couples divorcing had both been divorced before • 48 % of couples divorcing had at least one child aged under 16 living with the family • It is expected that 42 % of marriages will end in divorce

If one of the reasons why your marriage ended was due to your spouse being a narcissist, you probably hoped that things would get better for you and your children after your divorce.

If your marriage was very short, if both of you are committed to ending your marriage without a legal or financial battle, if you have no children or assets, and if neither of you wants or needs to receive spousal support (alimony) from the other, then you may be able to process your own divorce using a kit or online tools.

Furthermore, even among the 12 % of parents whose marriages ended in divorce, only one out of four of them felt that the impact of the death of their child contributed to their divorce.»

«When somebody says, «Oh my gosh, I heard you're getting a divorce,» you can say, «Yes, it's too bad our marriage is ending, but Bob and I have made a commitment to deal with it in a mature way, as is best for our children,»» she suggested.

So begins chapter one of therapist Susan Pease Gadoua and journalist Vicki Larson's new book The New I Do: Reshaping Marriage for Skeptics, Realists and Rebels, which challenges readers to consider alternate marital agreements in a world where lovers live together without tying the knot, more couples are having children out of wedlock and about half of all marriages end in divorce.

As parents we all wonder how children will respond to a divorce once we have made the decision to end a marriage.

Cuomo signed legislation putting an end to child marriage in New York.

A bill that would end marriage for children under the age of 17 is heading to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's desk after it was approved by both houses this week.

«This is a major step forward in our efforts to protect children and prevent forced marriages, and I am proud to sign this legislation that puts an end to child marriage in New York once and for all.»

Traditional authorities at the end of the meeting issued a communiqué prohibiting child marriage and teenage pregnancies in the district.