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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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Programs to address child marriage: framing the problem
This fact sheet explores the issue of child marriage and provides an overview of some promising approaches in Ethiopia, Bangladesh and Guatemala.
Matan Kwarai: Insights into early marriage and girls’ education in Northern Nigeria
This report highlights promising insights that some women are able to continue their education after marriage despite marrying at a young age.
Stealing innocence: child Marriage and Gender Inequality in Pakistan
Looks at the causes and consequences of child marriage in Pakistan. Provides an overview of national legislation that has an impact on the legal age of marriage.
Preventing early pregnancy and poor reproductive health outcomes among adolescents in developing countries
Aims to identify effective interventions to prevent early pregnancy by influencing factors including as early marriage. Provides an analytical framework for policy-makers and programme managers to use when selecting evidence-based…
At what age?.. are school-children employed, married and taken to court? – Trends over time
Details four minimum legal ages defined by national legislation of the States Parties to the CRC – on marriage, criminal responsibility, employment and compulsory education – to analyse relevant interconnections.…
Associations between early marriage and young women’s marital and reproductive health outcomes: Evidence from India
The study compares marital, reproductive and other outcomes between young women living in five Indian states who married before 18 and those who married later.
Association between adolescent marriage and marital violence among young adult women in India
The study assesses whether a history of adolescent marriage places young women in India at increased risk of physical or sexual marital violence.
"Drought, drop out and early marriage: Feeling the effects of climate change in East Africa"
Highlights early marriages as a significant issue in drought and famine contexts. Names these marriages “famine marriages”, noting that they lead to girls dropping out of school and make them…
The effect of maternal child marriage on morbidity and mortality of children under 5 in India: Cross sectional study of a nationally representative sample
The study assesses associations between child marriage and the morbidity and mortality of infants and children under 5 in India.
It’s all one curriculum: guidelines and activities for a unified approach to sexuality, gender, HIV, and human rights education
This "All one curriculum" is a resource kit for developing a unified curriculum on sexuality, gender, HIV, and human rights.
Voices of child brides and child mothers in Tanzania
This report details the participatory ethnographic evaluation research (PEER) conducted in Tarime district, Tanzania highlighting the challenges girls face in marriage.
Cash or condition? Evidence from a cash transfer experiment
Evaluates a cash transfer experiment targeted at adolescent girls in Malawi. Finds that a conditional cash program for early adolescents that transitions into an unconditional cash tranfers for older teenagers…