Join the Journey: Shaping a Global Shared Research Agenda to Prevent and Respond to Child Marriage
Register now for the second CRANK research meeting of 2025, where we'll be sharing details of how you can take part in the agenda-setting process.
7am, Mexico City / 9am, New York / 2pm, London / 4pm, Nairobi / 6.30pm, New Delhi
PICTURED: Ruksana, 12, writes her name on the blackboard during a girls-only class at a UNICEF-supported learning centre in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
About this meeting
Be part of shaping a global shared research agenda on child marriage by joining this online meeting hosted by CRANK, the UNFPA–UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage, UNICEF Innocenti, and WHO.
In this session, we will:
- Share insights on the progress of the Global Shared Research Agenda.
- Discuss the findings from a new Stocktaking Scoping Review: Progress, Gaps and Challenges in Research on Child Marriage Prevention and Support for Married Girls.
- Introduce the consultation process, which encourages participation in shaping the agenda to accelerate evidence-based action to end child marriage.
By joining the process, you’ll help define research priorities, bridge evidence with action, and ensure that strategies to end child marriage are grounded in the knowledge that matters most.
Join the Journey: Shaping a Global Shared Research Agenda to Prevent and Respond to Child Marriage (1 hour 30 minutes)
Date: 17 September 2025
Time: 7am, Mexico City / 9am, New York / 2pm, London / 4pm, Nairobi / 6.30pm, New Delhi
Location: Online (Zoom)
Simultaneous interpretation in Bangla, English, French, Hindi, Nepali, Portuguese and Spanish.
Why is a global shared research agenda needed?
In many contexts across the world, conflict, climate shocks, and economic uncertainty, combined with a pushback on gender equality, are intensifying risks and eroding girls’ rights.
Now is the time for an ambitious, inclusive and collaborative global research agenda to prevent and respond to child marriage — one that reflects current realities, amplifies diverse voices, and drives clear, actionable priorities.
Find out more in our brief
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