What I would add to my colleague's comments is that education is what empowers girls. If a girl is able to attend school and get through the transition to secondary school, if we redefine primary education or basic education to be at least nine years and get them through that vulnerable stage, they learn about their rights, and they gain a confidence to assert those rights. Then they're able to get a good job or a decent job and be empowered at a household level as an economic contributor. It's a vital force of empowerment. But we can't put all of this on the backs of young girls. We need the traditional and religious leaders, such as the Sultan of Dosso in Niger, who is one of the most outspoken advocates for girls' protection and ending girls' early and forced marriage in a country where it's universal. There's the Zimbabwe religious leaders, through the DFATD program, who came to together and created a national broadcast and created a signing agreement that they would step up to end. It's bringing in all of those. There are the wedding busters in Bangladesh, young boys who go house to house when they hear about a child marriage about to take place and advocate on behalf of them.
We can't put all of it on the backs of girls. Empower the girls, yes, but make sure all of us step up to our obligations and our responsibilities.