Supporting joint advocacy on child marriage and girls’ education in French-speaking West Africa

In this session we learned about the links between girls’ education and child marriage using examples within French-speaking West Africa.

In this session, we learnt about:

• The links between girls’ education and child marriage; impacts, common drivers and solutions.
• Our work to support joint advocacy on child marriage and girls’ education in seven West African countries.
• The experience of coalitions in Burkina Faso which are working together to advocate for girls’ rights.
• Youth-led research and activism to address child marriage in Niger.