Former U.S. Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton And Sheryl Sandberg Join Forces To End Child Marriage

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The global cost of child marriage runs to $175 billion a year—nearly $2.5 trillion by 2040, a new study finds

By Maneet Ahuja, Forbes Staff. Editor-at-Large at Forbes covering billionaires and beyond

Apr 12, 2026, 01:57pm EDT


Sheryl Sandberg and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at Columbia University's School of International & Public Relations, March 5, 2026 Photo credit: Columbia Engineering

A rainy Wednesday evening ahead of International Women’s Day, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived at Estiatorio Milos in midtown Manhattan for a gathering of global leaders, academics and philanthropists, Secret Service in tow.

Among the other guests: Sheryl Sandberg, founder of Lean In and former Meta Platforms COO; H.E. Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, First Lady of Sierra Leone; and Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau, co-founder of Girls Not Brides.

All these women were on hand to discuss one issue: how to tackle child marriage, a persistent humanitarian crises.

The dinner was hosted by the Women’s Initiative at the Institute of Global Politics at Columbia University, with guests including Clinton and Sandberg who co-authored the foreword to the Initiative’s recent report on accelerating efforts to end child marriage.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/maneetahuja/2026/04/12/former-us-secretary-of-state-hillary-clinton-and-sheryl-sandberg-join-forces-to-end-child-marriage/

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1. a little more on the topic here

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/child-marriage-is-a-human-rights-crisis--and-costs-the-world-175-billion-a-year-new-research-provides-a-strategy-to-end-it-302703584.html