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PGA was proud to sponsor this event in collaboration with the Sendas Foundation.

PGA contributes to creating an enabling environment for positive changes, especially through activities that facilitate connections between civil society and parliamentarians, as well as building bridges between domestic and international policy-makers an

Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) was established in 1978 in Washington, D.C., by a group of concerned parliamentarians from around the world to take collective, coordinated and cohesive actions on global problems.

How Parliamentarians can be leaders in the defence and promotion of girls’ and women’s human rights by improving access to justice for international crimes.

PGA facilitated a meeting between Members of Parliament of Kenya and members of Girls Not Brides’ National Partnership in Kenya

The current global health crisis requires a global response. Parliamentarians have a key role to play during the pandemic.

On December 16, 2020, PGA organized a webinar for Kenyan parliamentarians to discuss the need to address harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) and female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM) in the context of COVID-19.

The Filipino Senate unanimously voted in favor of Senate Bill No. 1373 or the “Girls Not Brides Act,” which declares child marriage illegal.

Since 2012, we mark October 11 as the International Day of the Girl (IDG), an opportunity to take stock on progress towards the fulfilment of girls’ rights and the challenges many of them are still facing around the world.

Several groups have called for the Government to implement law reforms to end the practice of child marriage in Malaysia.

We are pleased to share with you a newly revised toolkit on “The Role of Parliamentarians in Ending Child Marriage”

Actions from Parliamentarians in Bangladesh, Morocco and Zimbabwe to end CEFM

Parliamentarians play a key role in addressing child marriage: as leaders, lawmakers and in their oversight capacity.

PGA commends the work of its National Group in the National Assembly of Zimbabwe, for tireless efforts to mobilize colleague parliamentarians and build political will to effectively end child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) in their country.

PGA in collaboration with the Parliament of Ghana, convened MPs from Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe for a two-day Capacity Building Seminar..