Philanthropist leaders unite against child marriage
Michelle Obama, Amal Clooney, and Melinda French Gates recently visited Malawi and South Africa announcing to the BBC their aim to end child marriage within a generation, through a collaboration between their foundations. They met girls affected by the issue, including Lucy, who resisted her father's wishes to marry an older man at 14 - and so escaped forced marriage as a child, which is recognized as a form of modern slavery. Instead, Lucy became