Child Marriage Research to Action Network
The CRANK is a joint initiative and platform for a coordinated global research agenda on child marriage, and to encourage the uptake of research by policy makers and practitioners. On this page, you can explore what we do, share your research and sign up for virtual meetings and research digests.
The Child Marriage Research to Action Network (the CRANK) is a joint initiative of Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) - United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Global Programme to End Child Marriage.
The CRANK:
- Provides a platform for a better coordinated and harmonised global research agenda on child marriage.
- Encourages the uptake of research by policy makers and practitioners.
The CRANK brings child marriage researchers, practitioners and policy makers together every three months to share and discuss the latest evidence on priority learning topics. It is also a knowledge management mechanism through which we track ongoing and upcoming research by CRANK members, monitor patterns and identify gaps.
Find out more about the background of the CRANK.
*The Global Programme is generously funded by the Governments of Belgium, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom, the European Union and Zonta International.
Get involved
Sign up to the CRANK
CRANK is open to all. By signing up you can participate in quarterly research sessions, receive the biannual research digest and share your work through the online research tracker.
Share your research
You can share details of your ongoing and upcoming research to be included in the CRANK's online research tracker. By doing this, you are contributing to a coordinated, harmonised global research agenda.
See what others are working on
The CRANK's online research tracker is a curated resource with details of ongoing and upcoming research by CRANK members. Use it to avoid duplicating research, and to identify priority research areas.
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