Changing a social norm like child marriage might seem daunting but the experience in Bangladesh shows it can be done.
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Mabel van Oranje is the initiator and chair of 'Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage'. She is also co-founder and the execut... ive chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations. She is a member of the advisory boards of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, Crisis Action, Global Witness, the Malala Fund, the Open Society Foundations and The Elders.
Changing a social norm like child marriage might seem daunting but the experience in Bangladesh shows it can be done.