Please join the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health and Center for Communication Programs (CCP) in a selected screening of Child Brides: Stolen Lives,produced by the weekly newsmagazine NOW on PBS.

The issue of child marriage is a public health and development issue with detrimental consequences on children, families, communities and nations. Child Brides documents forced child marriages in India, Niger and Guatemala, and shows community members campaigning to end the practice. A partial screening of the documentary will be followed by a panel discussion with leading experts on child marriage. Speakers will include:

Moderator Dr. Robert Blum, Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health
Dr. Michelle Hindin, Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health
Ms. Kathleen Selvaggio and Mr. Dan Martin, ICRW
Ms. Maria Hinojosa, PBS NOW
Dr. Wendy Baldwin, Population Council
Mr. Gannon Gillespie and Ms. Julia Miller, Tostan

Reception to follow hosted by International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) in the courtyard just outside the auditorium.

Seating is limited. Please RSVP by Monday, Jan 28th to Lisa Basalla at endvaw@jhuccp.org

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