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Today is for the Girl Child

TLF joins the rest of the world to celebrate "The International Day of the Girl Child 2026" as observed on October 11th every year.

2026 Theme Interestingly is -

"Ending child marriage and investing in girls' rights"
A child by most laws around the world is anyone below the age of 18 years. Thus, child marriage would be considered as anyone marrying under the age of 18.
Child Marriage is a global issue and 1 in 5 girls is married before the age of 18 (totaling roughly 650 million), with over 12 million girls married every year (1 every 3 seconds).
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest prevalence at 31%!
The dire consequences of all these include lack of proper and complete education, and likely early child labour.
Girls aged 15–19 are twice as likely as boys to be out of school, training, or employment.
On a positive note however, it has been researched that over the last 25 years, legal reforms, education investments, and social protections have helped avert an estimated 68 million child marriages.
Wouldn't you like to join causes that advance girl education and stop girl child marriages? TLF among others are heavily invested in such causes. Kindly visit our Centre or contact us and find your niche among our several programmes aimed at fulfilling these causes.
Thank you.

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#October

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