The British High Commission in Solomon Islands has officially marked the 2014 Girl Summit event in Honiara, and has called on Solomon Islands to show solidarity and support to issues the UK is facing.
At a reception last night, British High Commissioner Dominic Meiklejohn said the UK Government and UNICEF are hosting the Girl Summit in London to deal with issues of forced child and early marriage, and female genital mutilation.
“These are very difficult issues which have begun to impact my country. They are not indigenous to my country, they do not belong to our culture as we understand it. But they have in recent years become prevalent in some parts of our communities. Over a hundred thousand women in the UK live with consequences of female genital mutilation.”
