Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) will organize the summit in Katmandu on March 23 with technical and financial support provided by UKaid and UNICEF in partnership with Civil Society Organizations.
MoWCSW, in a statement said that the government seeks to accelerate momentum on the issue of child marriage and other harmful social norms perpetuating child, early and forced marriage through the summit.
Since the Girl Summit in London, similar national events aimed at mobilizing international efforts to end child, early and forced marriage have been organized in Bangladesh, Uganda and Ethiopia.
According to the ministry, over 1.3 million adolescent girls (aged 10-19) are at risk of being married as children in Nepal, while 24.5 per cent of women (aged 15-19 ) years are currently married or in union.
Moreover, 48.5 per cent of women (aged 20–49) years married or entered a marital union before their 18th birthdays in Nepal, the statement states.
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