Desmond Tutu calls for end to child marriage
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Desmond Tutu calls for end to child marriage

Addis Ababa : Ethiopia | Oct 11, 2012 at 3:24 AM PDT
Source: The independent
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the South African anti-apartheid activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner and chair of the Elders, a group of independent global leaders working for human rights, was in Washington on Wednesday to promote his latest campaign: ending child marriage in the developing world. FULL ARTICLE AT The independent
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