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Amal Clooney, Michelle Obama, Melinda Gates, power trio gather in Malawi to advocate against child marriage

Melinda Gates, Michelle Obama and Amal Clooney have united in the fight against forced child marriage in Malawi. Clooney Foundation for Justice

The trio traveled to the African country during the week of November 13 to rally their commitment against the forced marriage of young Malawians.

He described their friendship as “pleasant and natural”. During the week of November 13, Amal Clooney traveled to Malawi, a country where 42% of girls are already married by age 18, according to Girls Not Brides, in the company of former First Lady Michelle Obama and a philanthropist. Melinda Gates to continue their commitment against forced child marriage, according to the Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) website. Last year, the trio promised to do everything to eliminate this scourge within a generation. During their partnership, the three women also formed strong bonds. “This partnership and this friendship between the three of us has been really beautiful and natural,” he told BBC News.

“It could happen in less than a generation.”

Michelle Obama and Amal Clooney speak in Malawi. Clooney Foundation for Justice

A mission that three powerful women want to accomplish as quickly as possible. “This is a problem that can be solved tomorrow,” declared Michelle Obama. This could happen in less than a generation.” For its part, the UN, however, has warned that forced child marriage will not end for 300 years. It’s okay, the three women don’t intend to sit idly by. Amal Clooney co-founded CFJ, an initiative funded by the Women Lawyers Association of Malawi, Waging Justice For Women. It provides them with free legal advice and builds clinics in the most remote areas of the country. A project that notably made it possible to build the first clinic in the Mchijni district, one of the places where most child marriages take place in Malawi.

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“It is a privilege to work alongside such inspiring Malawian women in the fight to end child marriage,” she said during her visit. Child marriage persists because there are insufficient legal protections for the millions of girls in Africa. And even in countries like Malawi where child marriage is banned, girls don’t have access to justice.” A trip during which the lawyer also met President Lazarus Chakwera, who has pledged to eliminate child marriage in his territory by 2030. During her trip, Amal Clooney also spoke to victims of sexual violence in Cape Town, South Africa, which she also visited. And will never stop joining forces with her friends Melinda Gates and Michelle Obama in the fight for women’s rights.

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Source: Le Figaro

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