{"id":3848,"date":"2015-11-17T10:28:37","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T18:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imagine1day.org\/?p=3848"},"modified":"2015-11-17T10:28:37","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T18:28:37","slug":"imagine1day-to-tackle-child-marriage-in-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imagine1day.org\/imagine1day-to-tackle-child-marriage-in-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"IMAGINE1DAY TO TACKLE CHILD MARRIAGE IN ETHIOPIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Vancouver, Canada; 17 November 2015<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Vancouver-based charity imagine1day today announced a new initiative to tackle child marriage in more than 100 communities in Ethiopia, thanks to funding from the Embassy of Canada to Ethiopia and Government of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The project \u2013 End Early Marriage and Let Girls Learn \u2013 will see imagine1day\u2019s on-the-ground team train local leaders on the consequences of early marriage, strengthen Girls Clubs and provide adult literacy education for women. More than 6000 people will receive direct training, and thousands more engaged in a series of community meetings at 103 schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarly marriage remains a barrier to providing Ethiopian girls with an education and the possibilities that an education unlocks,\u201d says Seid Aman, imagine1day\u2019s Ethiopian Country Director.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re committed to providing all Ethiopians with access to quality education, free of foreign aid, by 2030, and combating this outdated tradition is vital to achieving our goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The legal age of marriage in Ethiopia is 18 years for both genders, however rural traditions lead to a continued prevalence of early marriage, with 16 percent of girls married before the age of 15, and 41 percent married by the time they are 18.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Aman said imagine1day\u2019s position as a direct implementer meant it was uniquely placed to tackle the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEducation for Ethiopians is at the heart of what we do, and that doesn\u2019t just mean educating the young. We\u2019ll be working with religious leaders, influential elders and the wider community to educate them on the value of girls\u2019 education and the consequences of early marriage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs direct implementers, our on-the-ground Ethiopian team is well-placed to tackle this cultural tradition and banish it to the dustbin of history where it deserves to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Embassy of Canada to Ethiopia and Government of Canada is supporting the project with CAD$39,958.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About imagine1day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>imagine1day is an international development organization enabling primary education in Ethiopia and is distinctive in its approach, which holds leadership development as a key element of program implementation. The organization\u2019s program activities include school construction, in depth teacher training, and capacity building with its direct partners in the rural communities in Ethiopia, ensuring self-sustainability every step of the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vancouver, Canada; 17 November 2015\u00a0\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Vancouver-based charity imagine1day today announced a new initiative to tackle child marriage in more than 100 communities in Ethiopia, thanks to funding from the Embassy of Canada to Ethiopia and Government of Canada. The project \u2013 End Early Marriage and Let Girls Learn \u2013 will see imagine1day\u2019s on-the-ground team train local [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imagine1day.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3848"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imagine1day.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imagine1day.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagine1day.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagine1day.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imagine1day.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imagine1day.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagine1day.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagine1day.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}