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Dear students,

The Counselling and Guidance Centre at Makerere University would like to share with you a Competition from the World Bank.

Backround

Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest prevalence of child marriage in the world. Nearly four out of 10 young women in this region were married before the age of 18. These young girls are having their childhoods cut short, but this goes far beyond a moral issue. This situation has a negative impact on development. They are also more likely to have children at a young age, which affects their health, and they are much more likely to drop out of school and complete fewer years of education than expected. This will curb their capacity to enter the job market with the adequate skills, and therefore reducing their potential for higher income.

Requirements

ages of 18 and 28 years and a citizen and currently residing in any of the 48 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, you are invited to enter the World Bank blogging competition for youth.

Procedure

Winning authors are eligible for several prizes, including being invited to attend a dedicated program during the World Bank – IMF Spring Meetings 2020 in Washington DC, opportunities to represent Africa’s youth at high-level events, a chance to intern at a World Bank Africa country office, or an opportunity to have your blog published on the World Bank Africa blog Youth Transforming Africa.

Using the following link to the competition below, submit your original blog entry detailing your ideas about what it will take to end Early Child Marriage in your country, by November 30, 2019.

https://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2019/10/19/africa-blog4dev-end-child-marriage

Launched in 2014 in Kenya, the Blog4Dev competition is an annual writing contest, inviting Africa’s youth to weigh in on a topic critical to the country’s development. became a region-wide competition in 2018 as a way to engage Africa’s youth and provide a platform to share their views—and solutions—to important development challenges.

Closing date

30 November 2019

#Blog4Dev Competition: What will it take to end child marriage in your country? Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest prevalence of child marriage in the world. Nearly four out of 10 young women in this region were married before the age of 18. These young girls are having their childhoods cut short, but this goes far beyond a moral issue.

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