On the Way to End Child Marriage

Ambassador Marie Andersson de Frutos and two members of movement Rapariga Biz talking on eradication of child marriage

The event was attended by Graça Machel, Governor of Maputo Province Mr. Raimundo Diomba and counted with 400 participants of which 300 were teenagers as delegates representing provinces, representatives of government institutions, development partners, private sector partners and civil society.

Sweden worked actively to create the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child which was adopted by the United Nations in 1989. The Convention on the Rights of the Child covers all human beings up to the age of 18. Since Mozambique is a signatory to this Convention, it also protects all Mozambican children, all girls have the same right as boys. Along this line of work, the Embassy actively works for the rights of girls. We also work with civil society organizations that focus on child marriages, that are reversing the situation of girls around the world and go against the intentions of the Children's Convention.