Fact sheet and brief
Why governments must address child marriage to achieve quality education for girls
This brief was developed for the Global Partnership for Education's Financing Conference in February 2018.
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Ahead of the 2018 Global Partnership for Education Financing Conference, Girls Not Brides developed a brief explaining why governments must address child marriage to achieve quality education for girls.
In this brief, we recommend four actions governments can take to address child marriage:
- Develop and implement gender-responsive education plans which target and prioritise girls at-risk of child marriage and married girls.
- Invest technical and financial resources in strategies which prevent child marriage and support married girls.
- Track progress on the SDGs: monitor and publish married and unmarried girls’ access to, and engagement in, education on a national level. This will highlight progress as well as areas for improvement.
- Encourage, lead and champion cross-government strategies to end child marriage