Law change only the first step to ending child marriages: Geingos

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2024-09-27

WINDHOEK, 14 November 2018- First Lady Monica Geingos speaking at a consultative workshop on the National Integrated Crime Combatting Strategy for the BreakFree from Violence Campaign in Windhoek. (Photo by: Linea Dishena) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 27 SEP (NAMPA) – Former First Lady of Namibia and United Nations and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) advocate, Monica Geingos stated that changing public opinion is just as crucial as changing the law regarding child marriage.
Geingos noted this in a social media post made on the official page of the third First Lady of Namibia on Friday, following her attendance at the High-Level Dinner on the Prohibition of Child Marriage in Sierr...

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