South Africa
Content featuring South Africa
A Guide to Using the SADC Model Law on Eradicating Child Marriage and Protecting Children Already in Marriage
A user-friendly Guide to using the SADC Model Law.
Solutions brief: entertainment-education to address child marriage
In this brief, we look at entertainment-education as a strategy to end child marriage and explain what it is, how it is being used and what we know about its…
Entertainment-Education and child marriage: a scoping study for Girls Not Brides
This report looks at the opportunities and challenges of entertainment-education as a way to address child marriage.
Civil Society Accountability Principles and Practice - South Africa Toolkit
This toolkit explores what accountability means for civil society organisations in a South African context.
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