About child marriage

Child marriage is a global issue. It is fuelled by gender inequality, poverty, social norms and insecurity, and has devastating consequences all over the world.

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Explore our vision and mission to end child marriage, learn about our organisational structure, and discover how we work as a global partnership to drive change and empower girls worldwide.

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Girls Not Brides members are civil society organisations committed to working together to end child marriage and support married girls. Our strength is our diversity.

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Discover 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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Stories and impact

Discover 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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Youth theatre empowers girls to challenge child marriage in Tajikistan

  • Anne Johnson

Community resists child marriage reform

  • Mahalingam Ponnusamy

Ending child marriage can help curb population growth

  • Robert J. Walker

The boy who helps rescue child brides

G(irls) 20 Summit aims to give voice to 10 million child brides

  • Amy Verner

The facts about child marriage

  • Gro Brundtland, Graça Machel

Meeting child brides in Ethiopia

  • Gro Brundtland

Too young to wed: the secret world of child brides

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