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Girls want to have their voices heard and equal opportunity to reach their full potential 

By Laura Jepson-Lay

Deputy Country Director for Program Development & Quality, Save the Children in Somalia

COVID-19 places half a million more girls at risk of child marriage in 2020

On the 8th of March, the world celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women; a day that has been commemorated for more than 100 years. In 2018, International Women’s Day made a strong call to action to #PressforProgress on gender parity.

February 24, 2018 Hargeisa, Somaliland

‘’I want a childhood without violence.  I want to be protected from any form of punishment while I am at school,’’ says Mohamed Elmi confidently as he gazed right through my eyes.