CRANK research meeting: Challenging gender norms to end child marriage

This CRANK global research meeting was open to all. In it, we shared new evidence and research on addressing structural gender inequalities and norms that limit girls' choices.

Photo: Mbuto Machili/UNFPA Mozambique

The Child Marriage Research to Action Network (the CRANK) held its final quarterly research meeting of the year on 2 December to discuss "Challenging gender norms to end child marriage". The meeting was held in English, with simultaneous translation in French and Spanish.

Child marriage is driven by gender inequality, poverty, girls’ lack of access to quality education and limited female labour opportunities. Underpinning these structural socio-economic, and cultural drivers are the gender norms that can severely restrict girls’ choices, agency and opportunities, putting them at risk of child marriage.

Successfully addressing child marriage means transforming gender norms across different levels: individual, family, community and institutional. We need strategies and interventions that foster critical awareness of gender roles and norms in families and in communities, alongside those that address the structural drivers.

Putting in place gender equitable policies that open alternatives to child marriage for girls and women will advance their status and opportunities in society, accelerating sustainable progress on child marriage.

The CRANK’s fourth research meeting was a space to:

  • Discuss evidence from the three presentations.
  • Discuss learnings and insights from meeting participants on promising approaches and strategies to address the structural gender inequalities and norms that limit girls’ choices and accelerate child marriage.
  • Share research updates from researchers and practitioners working on child marriage.

The moderator and speakers were:

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