Child marriage is a global issue. It is fuelled by gender inequality, poverty, social norms and insecurity, and has devastating consequences all over the world.
Explore our vision and mission to end child marriage, learn about our organisational structure, and discover how we work as a global partnership to drive change and empower girls worldwide.
Girls Not Brides members are civil society organisations committed to working together to end child marriage and support married girls. Our strength is our diversity.
Discover tools, resources and events to learn more about child marriage and related issues, and be successful in your advocacy, youth activism and fundraising.
Here you'll find the latest news and stories about child marriage, and the work our member organisations and partners in the broader movement are doing to end the harmful practice.
Child marriage is rooted in gendered social norms and unequal relationships between women and men. It is made worse by poverty, low levels of education, and social and economic insecurity. The Girls Not Brides Theory of Change emphasises the need for comprehensive and gender-transformative approaches that address unequal gender norms through advancing girls’ rights and leadership, mobilising families and communities, providing services, and establishing and implementing laws and policies.
Within this comprehensive approach, social protection – especially cash transfer programmes – can play a role in mitigating some of the economic and social drivers of child marriage in both development and humanitarian contexts.
This report provides a review of the available evidence on the effects of cash transfers on child marriage and provides policy makers, practitioners and advocates with the knowledge to maximise the potential of cash transfer programmes to contribute towards ending child marriage around the world.
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