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Here you'll find the latest news and stories about child marriage, and the work our member organisations and partners in the broader movement are doing to end the harmful practice.

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Yemen’s chance to set 18 as the minimum age of marriage, says Human Rights Watch

Urgent action needed to end child marriage, Human Rights Watch writes to Afghan President

Meet the wedding busters: stopping child marriage in Bangladesh

Nigeria’s opportunity to clarify its position on minimum age of marriage

  • Lakshmi Sundaram

“The practice of child marriage must be ended everywhere” says UN Secretary-General in report to the General Assembly

How can efforts to end child marriage in Bangladesh, India, Niger and Nigeria be applied in Turkey?

  • Sevna Somuncuoglu

Child marriage in Nepal: what about girls?

  • Aleksandra Perczynska

How my sister's story fired in me a passion to stand up to child marriage

  • Humphrey Nabimanya

Layla's journey, from Tunisia to Syria

Ending child marriage: what will it take?

In East Africa, a movement to end child marriage is on the rise

  • Françoise Kpeglo Moudouthe

"Child marriage, a lost opportunity for girls" - G(irls)20 Summit 2013

My vision: How young Africans can drive efforts to end child marriage

  • Jude Thaddeus

Media coverage of child marriage in Malaysia - Reflections

  • Nicole Helwig

Controversy in Nigeria over minimum age of marriage

The Maputo Protocol 10 years on: How can it be used to help end child marriage?

  • Kavinya Makau

Girls Not Brides members highlight child marriage on Day of the African Child 2013

Joining hands: Why ending child marriage needs global partnership

  • Lakshmi Sundaram

Students, not brides: Why ending child marriage and advancing girls' education must go hand in hand

  • Lakshmi Sundaram

Giving girls a chance at a real future with real choices

  • Jennifer Redner

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