Child marriage case management for refugees: Improving case management services for married girls and girls at-risk of child marriage in crisis and displacement settings
Adolescent girls are disproportionally affected by the practice of child marriage and the consequences of marrying early, and yet their needs are rarely adequately met or prioritised in response actions. Supporting both unmarried girls at risk and girls who have experienced marriage with case management services must be a priority.
These resources, consisting of a Technical Learning Paper, a Brief and Checklists for Case Management Staff, seek to draw attention to this complex issue and advocate for the strengthening of case management systems in order to better identify, support and protect at-risk and married adolescent girls who are forcibly displaced and in need of case management services.
These resources have been developed based on a pilot that took place in Niger, Bangladesh and Indonesia between 2021-23. While the pilot locations were refugee and mixed displacement settings, many lessons learned are of relevance for non-refugee settings or other complex operation environments.
Tackling child marriage as an extreme coping mechanism to crises or forced displacement is an urgent priority for humanitarian response.
A collaboration between Plan International and UNHCR to strengthen capacity and provide clearer guidance on how best to support girls experiencing child marriage with child protection and gender-based violence case management in refugee and mixed settings.
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