Women in Yemen: Partners in Change [Full Version]
Partners for Democratic Change and our local affiliate, Partners Yemen, are working with women leaders in the remote tribal areas of Yemen to resolve local conflicts, promote education and health, and create locally-led, democratic solutions to issues of poverty and underdevelopment that plague the area. On Monday, April 29, 2013, Partners for Democratic Change is […]
Child Marriage: South Sudan
(Juba, March 7, 2013) — The government of South Sudan should increase efforts to protect girls from child marriage. The country’s widespread child marriage exacerbates South Sudan’s pronounced gender gaps in school enrollment, contributes to soaring maternal mortality rates, and violates the right of girls to be free from violence, and to marry only when […]