Accelerating efforts to eliminate child marriage in Africa by 2030

High-level event co-hosted by the Permanent Missions of Zambia and Canada, in partnership with UNICEF, UNFPA and UN Women, where global leaders and, in particular, African leaders are renewing their commitments and accelerating efforts to end child marriage by 2030.

Speakers include:

• Edgar Chagwa Lungu, President of the Republic of Zambia
• Faustin-Archange Touadéra, President of the Central African Republic
• Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe
• Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister for International Development, Canada
• Amina J. Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General
• Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director
• Åsa Regnér, Deputy Executive Director, UN Women
• Fatoumata Ndiaye, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director

RSVP: Contact zambia[at]un.org and chifwailahellen[at]gmail.com, tel +1 212 888-5213.