New insights on preventing child marriage: a global analysis of factors and programs

This report by the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) is for policy-makers and development practitioners that work on or plan programmes to prevent child marriage.

It investigates the following questions:

• What factors are associated with risk of or protection against child marriage, and ultimately could be the focus of prevention efforts?


• What are the current programmatic approaches to prevent child marriage in developing countries? Are these programs effective?