BD to highlight elimination of child marriage in Girl Summit
Saturday, 19 July 2014
Bangladesh is set to highlight its firm commitment to eliminate child marriage by incorporating its various steps as the country is taking part in the Girl Summit, 2014 in the United Kingdom. With the UNICEF as a cohost, the UK government is organising the first-ever Girl Summit aimed at mobilising domestic and international efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM) and child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) within a generation. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lead a high-level Bangladesh delegation at the summit to be held in the British capital on Tuesday. Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to attend the high-level session of the summit and interact with First Lady of Burkina Faso Chantal Compaore and Pakistan’s famous education activist Malala Yousufzai at Walworth Academy. The session would be moderated by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake. Before joining the summit, the Bangladesh Premier will meet her British counterpart David William Donald Cameron at 10 Downing Street and is expected to discuss issues of bilateral interest. This will be Sheikh Hasina’s first visit to any European country after the January 5 elections. Before departing for home on Wednesday, the Prime Minister will attend a community programme of Bangladeshi expatriates living in the UK, according to BSS.