Dear a
ll\,
I am pleased to invite you to the next PACE CoP workshop. This worksh
op will be led by Marí\;a Amigó\;\,
the academic director of PACE in the Faculty of Arts. Marí\;a will s
hare findings from her evaluation research with one of PACE’\;s inter
national partners\, Restless Development\, in Nepal\, and reflect on how o
pportunities like this can generate opportunities for PACE activities and
for PACE-related academic research.
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This PACE CoP workshop will be held o
n Wednesday 24 July at 12-1pm\, in 12SW (C5A)\, room 435. Further details
are attached.
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Please bring your lunch and come along to connect with PACE
colleagues\, participate in the discussion\, and support the connection of
research and teaching in PACE.
Many thanks\,
Matalena
Title: Save the Dat
e: Addressing child marriage in Nepal
Abstract:
Ten per cent of girls in Nepal get ma
rried before they turn 15\, and 37% before they turn 18\, meaning that Nep
al has the third highest incidence of child marriage in South Asia. Conseq
uences of early marriage for girls are well known and can be summarised by
stating that it disrupts their educational aspirations and thus their cha
nces of becoming economically self-sufficient\, diminishes their autonomy
to make decisions about their own body and reproductive health\, and incre
ases their vulnerability to gender and domestic violence. Together\, all t
hese fuel the cycle of poverty and perpetuate gender discrimination\, viol
ence and the power imbalance between genders. Between 2015 and 2018 Restle
ss Development Nepal\, one of PACE’\;s international partners\, deliv
ered a program to address the issue of early marriage in the country\, and
Maria Amigo\, a PACE academic\, was contracted as a consultant to evaluat
e the program. This presentation will provide an overview of the results o
f the evaluation and suggest how projects such as this one can be leverage
d to provide research opportunities for PACE academics\, further realising
PACE’\;s principle of mutual benefit.