{"id":6248,"date":"2019-01-10T10:01:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T07:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fawe.org\/?p=6248"},"modified":"2019-01-10T10:01:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T07:01:23","slug":"blog-enough-with-the-silence-on-early-marriage-and-girls-lack-of-access-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fawe.org\/en\/blog-enough-with-the-silence-on-early-marriage-and-girls-lack-of-access-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"BLOG: Enough with the silence on early marriage and girls\u2019 lack of access to school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On November 24-25, the African Union Commission, African First Ladies, CSOs, traditional leaders and multilateral partners convened in Accra, Ghana, for the 2nd African Girls Summit to End Child Marriage and Other Harmful Cultural Practices Against Girls under the theme \u201cEnough with The Silence\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalpartnership.org\/blog\/enough-silence-early-marriage-and-girls-lack-access-school?audience-profile=gpe-secretariat&amp;utm_source=Global%20Partnership%20For%20Education&amp;utm_campaign=ed6e94c1c2-English%20Campaign%20-%202018-12-18-07-15-01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_90856a3035-ed6e94c1c2-165283389\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read our guest blog post by Juliet Kimotho of FAWE and Victoria Egbetayo of GPE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 24-25, the African Union Commission, African First Ladies, CSOs, traditional leaders and multilateral partners convened in Accra, Ghana, for the 2nd African Girls Summit to End Child Marriage and Other Harmful Cultural Practices Against Girls under the theme \u201cEnough with The Silence\u201d. 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