June 16 tackles child marriage
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
A child protection specialist with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Ben Semommung said this during a media briefing to mark The Day of the African Child yesterday. The day was commemorated under the theme, ‘25 Years After The Adoption Of The African Children’s Charter: Accelerating Our Collective Efforts To End Child Marriage In Africa’.
However, owing to statistical challenges, he could not provide figures on the extent of the prevalence among these communities.
The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...