bishops pondering hard about CHILD MARRIAGE and how to end it, at an ACCZ Bishops Dialogue, in partnership with the UNFPA |
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The
main goal of the consultative meetings is to accelerate the end of child
marriage in Apostolic churches by engaging religious leaders
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To sensitise religious leaders on the negative
implications of child marriage.
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To educate them of their role as church leaders in
eradicating child marriage.
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To educate religious leaders on the importance of
birth registration, quality education and sexual and reproductive health (SRHR)
services in ending child marriage.
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To sensitise
church leaders of their role in promoting and enhancing the realisation of
sexual reproductive health rights and information.
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To partner with churches in the fight against child
marriage
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To strengthen the evidence base needed to design and
implement commusnity informed policies and programmes for reducing child
marriage in Apostolic and Zion churches.
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To understand the doctrine and the churches.`
during a breakaway session at the Bishops Dialogue at the HICC, |
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