Mozambique
National Partnerships and Coalitions in Mozambique
In this country we have a national partnership. Many Girls Not Brides member organisations have come together to accelerate progress to end child marriage in their countries by forming National Partnerships and coalitions. Below is an overview of what and where these networks are, what they do and how they work with Girls Not Brides.
Content featuring Mozambique
Girls’ education and child marriage
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Harnessing data to end child marriage: Summarizing learnings to-date
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The Power of Collective Action
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Data sources
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- Care International, Hope Dries up? Women and Girls Coping with Drought and Climate Change in Mozambique, 2016, http://careclimatechange.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/El_Nino_Mozambique_Report_final.pdf (accessed January 2020).
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