{"id":249,"date":"2018-06-30T07:22:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T07:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/?p=249"},"modified":"2018-08-01T12:30:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T12:30:59","slug":"launching-of-the-national-coalition-for-protecting-children-from-early-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/launching-of-the-national-coalition-for-protecting-children-from-early-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re Not Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The League for Lebanese Women\u2019s Rights &#8211; LLWR, a member in the National Coalition for Protecting Children from Child Marriage, has recently launched a national campaign entitled \u201cDo Not Steal My Childhood and My Life by Early Marriage\u201d that aims to raise awareness on this issue and contribute to increase the pressure on the decision makers for the aim of passing the law that sets the minimum age of marriage to 18 years old.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"850\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.rdflwomen.org\\\/eng\\\/launching-of-the-national-coalition-for-protecting-children-from-early-marriage\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:147999601}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 850px; height: 425px;\" data-original-width=\"850\" data-original-height=\"425\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 425px; height: 425px;\" data-original-width=\"425\" data-original-height=\"425\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/launching-of-the-national-coalition-for-protecting-children-from-early-marriage\/img-20180705-wa0018\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"421\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"421\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"306\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG-20180705-WA0018.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG-20180705-WA0018\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG-20180705-WA0018.jpg?fit=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG-20180705-WA0018.jpg?fit=500%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG-20180705-WA0018.jpg?w=421&#038;h=421&#038;crop=1&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"421\" height=\"421\" data-original-width=\"421\" data-original-height=\"421\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"IMG-20180705-WA0018\" alt=\"IMG-20180705-WA0018\" style=\"width: 421px; height: 421px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 425px; height: 425px;\" data-original-width=\"425\" data-original-height=\"425\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/launching-of-the-national-coalition-for-protecting-children-from-early-marriage\/img-2018070665-wa0018\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"421\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"421\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"307\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG-2018070665-WA0018.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG-2018070665-WA0018\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG-2018070665-WA0018.jpg?fit=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG-2018070665-WA0018.jpg?fit=500%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG-2018070665-WA0018.jpg?w=421&#038;h=421&#038;crop=1&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"421\" height=\"421\" data-original-width=\"421\" data-original-height=\"421\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"IMG-2018070665-WA0018\" alt=\"IMG-2018070665-WA0018\" style=\"width: 421px; height: 421px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>The Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering &#8211; RDFL organized a meeting with representatives from the National Coalition for Protecting Children from Child Marriage member organisations. The meeting aimed to discuss the current challenges and opportunities facing their work mainly after the Lebanese 2018 parliament elections in addition to gathering partners&#8217; input on the advocacy strategy that is currently being prepared by RDFL.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rdflwomen.org\\\/eng\\\/launching-of-the-national-coalition-for-protecting-children-from-early-marriage\\\/\"}' id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-249 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full ilightbox_gallery' data-options=\"{attr:'source',fullAlone:0,show:{title:0},caption:{start:0},social:{start:0}}\"><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/launching-of-the-national-coalition-for-protecting-children-from-early-marriage\/yf2_4492meeting\/\" source=\"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/YF2_4492meeting.jpg\" data-options><img width=\"368\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/YF2_4492meeting.jpg?fit=368%2C368&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/YF2_4492meeting.jpg?w=368&amp;ssl=1 368w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/YF2_4492meeting.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/YF2_4492meeting.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" data-attachment-id=\"310\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/launching-of-the-national-coalition-for-protecting-children-from-early-marriage\/yf2_4492meeting\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/YF2_4492meeting.jpg?fit=368%2C368&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"368,368\" 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data-options><img width=\"368\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/YF2_4492training.jpg?fit=368%2C368&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/YF2_4492training.jpg?w=368&amp;ssl=1 368w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/YF2_4492training.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/YF2_4492training.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" data-attachment-id=\"311\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/launching-of-the-national-coalition-for-protecting-children-from-early-marriage\/yf2_4492training\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/YF2_4492training.jpg?fit=368%2C368&amp;ssl=1\" 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Marriage, which was initiated by RDFL, was launched, in the presence of the Minister of State for Women, Jean Oghassapian, the President of the National Commission for Lebanese Women, Claudine Aoun Rokouz, the representative of the European Union in Lebanon, and a crowd of stakeholders. More than 57 member national and international organizations joined the coalition in addition to official bodies including the Ministry of Women\u2019s Affairs and the National Committee for Lebanese Women in order to support in the advocacy work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rdflwomen.org\\\/eng\\\/launching-of-the-national-coalition-for-protecting-children-from-early-marriage\\\/\"}' id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-249 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full ilightbox_gallery' data-options=\"{attr:'source',fullAlone:0,show:{title:0},caption:{start:0},social:{start:0}}\"><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/launching-of-the-national-coalition-for-protecting-children-from-early-marriage\/yf2_4492556\/\" source=\"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/YF2_4492556.jpg\" data-options><img width=\"500\" 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