4,780 likes, 510 comments - columbiaigp on March 6, 2026: "@ColumbiaIGP launched a new report this week: Accelerating Efforts to End Child Marriage. It looks at the real cost of child marriage and outlines evidence-based solutions to help end it for good. We’re holding it here with HE @firstladyfatimabio, who’s been an incredible champion in the fight against child marriage in Sierra Leone. As we write in the foreword, every child marriage derails a life of possibilities. A girl forced into marriage doesn’t only lose her childhood. She loses years of education, economic opportunity, and autonomy. She will spend her life navigating consequences she never chose. The world loses her potential, too. We rarely talk about child marriage in economic terms, but we should. A new analysis in the report, from @cgdev_, finds that child marriage costs the global economy approximately $175 billion per year from lost productivity and increased health risks. Every girl deserves the same opportunity to play, learn, and grow up safe and healthy. And the world deserves the contributions she can make. It is not just possible to end child marriage. It is absolutely necessary. Our moral leadership and a better global future demand it. Read the report at the link in @ColumbiaIGP’s bio.".