Accelerating Efforts to End Child Marriage

Join the Center for Global Development and the Institute of Global Politics Women’s Initiative at Columbia University for the launch of a new report, Accelerating Efforts to End Child Marriage, which includes an analysis of the economic cost of inaction on child marriage prepared by the Center for Global Development, along with an actionable strategy to expedite the pace of change.

Speakers

Keren Yarhi-Milo, Dean, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs, Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Relations; IGP Cofounder and Faculty Advisory Board Member

Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67th Secretary of State; Former Senator from New York; Professor of International and Public Affairs, IGP Cofounder and Faculty Advisory Board Chair, Columbia SIPA

Rachel Glennerster, President, Center for Global Development (CGD)

Faith Mwangi-Powell, CEO, Girls Not Brides

Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UNICEF

Sheryl Sandberg, founder of the Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Foundation and Lean In

HE Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, First Lady of Sierra Leone 

Jennifer Klein, Professor of Professional Practice and Director of IGP Women’s Initiative, Columbia SIPA

Lucie Cluver, OBE, Professor of Child and Family Social Work, Oxford University

Oby Ezekwesili, Founder and President, Human Capital Africa/School of Politics, Policy, and Government

Rebeca Gyumi, Founder and Executive Director, Msichana Initiative

Mabel van Oranje, Cofounder of Girls First Fund, Girls Not Brides, and VOW for Girls

Moderators

Ali Rogin, Correspondent, PBS News Hour

Rachel Vogelstein, Associate Professor of Professional Practice and Director of IGP Women’s Initiative, Columbia SIPA