Rapper and Activist Sonita Alizadeh speaks with Kathy Calvin, President and CEO of United Nations Foundation, about living as a refugee in Iran and pursuing music as a way to speak out against child marriage. Read more…More about Social Good, Rapper…
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Sonita Alizadeh performs a powerful performance at Social Good Summit
Rapper and activist Sonita Alizadeh debuts her song ‘Brave and Bold’ at the Social Good Summit 2018. Read more…More about Activism, Rapper, Child Marriage, Social Good Summit 2018, and Social Good
View More Sonita Alizadeh performs a powerful performance at Social Good SummitSonita Alizadeh narrowly avoided being a child bride. Now she raps about ending forced marriage.
Several years ago, Sonita Alizadeh’s parents were considering selling her into marriage in order to pay for her older brother’s bride. Alizadeh, an Afghan refugee who was living in Iran at the time, dreamt instead of getting an education.
While…
5 powerful stories by girls whose lives were forever changed by child marriage
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For most of us, a wedding day is something to look forward to. To plan and prepare. Or something to look back with fond memories of a choice once made.
For millions of young girls and boys around the world, however, marriage is not a choice. It interrupts their childhood, forcing them into perilous cycles that are all too often impossible to break free from.
Many young women have risked everything to have the right to choose for themselves. And some managed to escape. Now they’re sharing their empowering stories with women all around the world. The stories were presented in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which is raising awareness about child marriage around Valentine’s Day – a celebration of love and our right to choose. Read more…
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