Technical & policy briefs
On this page you can read briefs including resources that focus on how child marriage connects with other issues, and new frameworks to understand drivers of the practice. These resources were developed by partners of The Child Marriage Learning Partners Consortium, created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Supporting married girls, adolescent mothers and girls who are pregnant
Thematic brief (and longer paper) exploring the rights and complex needs of married girls, pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers, sharing successful approaches and recommendations from around the world.
Girls’ education and child marriage
Brief exploring the key facts, two-way impacts, common drivers and solutions on education and child marriage. Updated in September 2022.
An intersectional approach to child marriage
Brief exploring the factors that increase a girl’s individual risk of child marriage, and advocating for an inclusive approach to child marriage prevention and response.
Child marriage and female genital mutilation/cutting
Updated brief exploring the common drivers of child marriage and FGM/C, and includes recommendations for integrated policy and programming to catalyse change for girls at every level.
Child protection and child marriage
This brief focuses on how investing in effective child protection systems can expand and accelerate action to prevent and respond to child marriage at scale.
Cash transfers and child marriage
Thematic brief (and longer paper) with guidance for policymakers, practitioners and advocates to ensure cash transfer programmes contribute towards ending child marriage around the world.
Making evidence count for girls: The child marriage learning partners consortium
This brief describes the Child Marriage Learning Partners Consortium, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and synthesises its work and high level findings.
Conceptual framework of the drivers of child marriage: A tool to guide programs and policies
This brief was developed by Population Council's Girl Innovation, Research, and Learning (GIRL) Center. It provides key entry points for understanding which drivers of child marriage may be most important…
Harnessing data to end child marriage: Summarizing learnings to-date
This brief was developed by Population Council Girl Innovation, Research, and Learning (GIRL) Center. It summarizes the key findings from five papers published as part of a special issue examining…