Lyric Thompson is co-chair of Girls Not Brides, USA, and Director of Policy and Advocacy at the International Center for Research on Women.
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Published in: 50.50Lives of endurance: sanitizing crime against girlsHow much longer will it take the global community to recognise the human dignity and worth of the girl child, and...
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Published in: 50.50The "best time to be born female": the worst to be a feminist advocate
Twenty years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action - a pivotal moment in the women’s human rights...
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Published in: 50.50The world's girls: no voice, no rightsHow can we address the global threat to women's rights with no space for girls’ - or even women’s - voices at the...
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Published in: 50.50A once in a lifetime chance to protect the world's girlsEvery day, we see more headlines documenting the severe rights abuses girls suffer. The primary cause of death for...
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Published in: 50.50Protecting girls’ rights: ending forced marriage
One step the Obama administration can take immediately is to develop a comprehensive strategy outlining the actions...
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Published in: openSecurityHow to end child marriage in a generationReports that more than 200 girls kidnapped in north-eastern Nigeria have been forced to marry members of the rebel...