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Find here reports, policy briefs and factsheets about child marriage, as well as capacity-building tools for organisations and individuals working to end child marriage.
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Protecting the girl child: Using the law to end child, early and forced marriage and related human rights violations
Provides legal research on the implementation of age of marriage laws in 18 countries and illustrates the impact of child marriage on a girl’s life through case studies.
“Our Girl” Resource Pack
This resource pack accompanies the “Our Girl” animated film and aims to provide additional information about forced marriage, as well as offering ideas for activities to raise awareness of forced…
Child marriage in Bosnia and Herzegovina (overview)
This fact sheet provides background information and statistics on child marriage in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It also makes recommendations to address the practice.
Child marriage in Azerbaijan (overview)
This fact sheet provides background information and statistics on child marriage in Azerbaijan. It also makes recommendations to address the practice.
Using the Girls Not Brides post-2015 advocacy toolkit to achieve a child marriage target
This webinar discusses the post-2015 process; where child, early and forced marriage has come up in discussions so far; and how civil society can engage effectively.
African Union compendium
Developed by Oxfam, the African Union compendium is a comprehensive manual to support civil society's understanding of the African Union.
Remedies for forced marriage. A handbook for lawyers
This toolkit brings together expert commentaries by lawyers and activists working on the issue of forced marriages in four countries: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and the United Kingdom. The Handbook is…
Universal Periodic Review: successful examples of child rights advocacy
This toolkit provides valuable insights for child rights advocates wanting to engage in the Universal Periodic Review process and more generally in child rights monitoring and advocacy.
Experiences and accounts of pregnancy amongst adolescents
This report looks at the cultural, social and emotional factors that contribute to the high rates of teenage pregnancy in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Child marriage in Albania (overview)
This factsheet is part of a series of country profiles on child marriage in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region, put together by UNFPA in 2014.
Child marriage in Tajikistan (overview)
This fact sheet provides background information and statistics on child marriage in Tajikistan. It also makes recommendations to address the practice.
The effect on fertility of the 2003–2011 war in Iraq
This article provides the first detailed account of the impact of war on fertility rates in Iraq between 2003-2011 showing increased adolescent fertility rates.