Heart Mojo with Melinda Smith & Katherine Cleland_Child Brides_ 83023

Please subscribe to our youtube page to receive notices on all new podcasts as well helping us grow our audience. https://www.youtube.com/c/NewClevelandRadio If you would like to be a podcast host or guest please contact Karen at [email protected] Early childhood marriage occurs around the world even in the United States. “Child marriage refers to any formal marriage or informal union between a child under the age of 18 and an adult or another child. Despite a steady decline in this harmful practice over the past decade, child marriage remains widespread, with approximately one in five girls married in childhood across the globe. Our guest Katherine Cleland is passionate when it comes to this topic. She is meeting this challenge working alongside Zonta International to put an end to this practice. Katherine Cleland is the retired owner of her own marketing consulting firm, and she has been a small business advisor and mentor to women owned startups, helping them start and thrive. She has spent the past 20 years, in her “free time”, volunteering and working on behalf of building better lives for Women and Girls. She is dedicating her time now to Ending Child Marriage in the US. Affiliated with Zonta USA, the advocacy arm of Zonta International, a 25,000 member NGO with a mission to improve the lives of women and girls, locally and globally. Katherine has served many volunteer roles for Zonta USA, including International Public Relations and Communications Chair, and for the past 6 years, as a leader in the Zonta USA Caucus. She has worked the past 5 years on Zonta USA’s End Child Marriage advocacy, including developing the awareness building campaign “Child Marriage is Happening Here” with UNICEF USA, found at www.stopchildmarriages.org. She is a member of the Steering committee of the National Coalition to End Child Marriage in the United States. She has been featured in Webinars on ending child marriage hosted by UNICEF USA, Zonta USA, Zonta International and the Public Policy Exchange. https://publicpolicyexchange.com/event.php?eventUID=MI22-PPEUSA She has worked with survivors, including Sara Tasneem, Genevieve Meyer and Donna Pollard on joint presentations on Child Marriage in the US. Affiliated with Zonta USA, the advocacy arm of Zonta International, a 25,000 member NGO with a mission to improve the lives of women and girls, locally and globally. Katherine has served many volunteer roles for Zonta USA, including International Public Relations and Communications Chair, and for the past 6 years, as a leader in the Zonta USA Caucus. She has worked the past 5 years on Zonta USA’s End Child Marriage advocacy, including developing the awareness building campaign “Child Marriage is Happening Here” with UNICEF USA, found at www.stopchildmarriages.org. She is a member of the Steering committee of the National Coalition to End Child Marriage in the United States. She has been featured in Webinars on ending child marriage hosted by UNICEF USA, Zonta USA, Zonta International and and the Public Policy Exchange. https://publicpolicyexchange.com/event.php?eventUID=MI22-PPEUSA She has worked with survivors, including Sara Tasneem, Genevieve Meyer and Donna Pollard on joint presentations on Child Marriage in the US. Katherine is also a strong advocate for the Equal Rights Amendment, knowing that Equal Rights and Self Determination begin with the Constitution. Heart Mojo’s welcomes you to follow up with Melinda Smith the host of “Heart of Mojo” she can be reach via her Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/melindasmithhearmojo