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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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Handbook for National Action Plans on Violence against Women
Developed by UN Women and SAY NO UNiTE, this handbook brings together current knowledge on effective policy for the prevention of, and response to, violence against women.
Entre nous, the European magazine for sexual and reproductive health: child marriage
28 page magazine containing the following articles:
The effect of reproductive health communication interventions on age at marriage and first birth in rural Bihar, India: A retrospective study
This paper analyses an education project aimed at increasing the age of marriage and first birth in rural Bihar, India using community-based communication programmes.
Preventing child marriages: First international day of the girl child 'my life, my right, end child marriage'
In 2012, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution designating 11 October as the day of the girl child with child marriage as the first ever theme.
Les droits sexuels et l’Examen Périodique Universel: Une trousse à outils pour les militants
This toolkit explains how civil society can engage with the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process to hold governments to account on sexual and reproductive rights.
Sexual rights & the universal periodic review: a toolkit for advocates
This toolkit explains how civil society can engage with the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process to hold governments to account on sexual and reproductive rights.
A childhood lost: a report on child marriage in the UK and the developing world
Examines child marriage in the UK and in the developing world. Urges the UK government to take urgent action in the UK and abroad to protect girls from being married…
No place for children: child recruitment, forced marriage and attacks on schools
Details unlawful recruitment and other laws-of-war violations against children, including forced and early marriage, by all parties to the conflict in Somalia since 2010.
Preventing early pregnancy and poor reproductive outcomes among adolescents in developing countries
Policy brief related to WHO report: ‘Preventing Early Pregnancy and Poor Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Adolescents in Developing Countries’. Stresses the close link between child marriage and adolescent pregnancy.
Progress for children: A report card on adolescents
Notes that early marriage frequently leads to early childbirth – the leading cause of death for adolescent girls in Africa. Provides graphs depicting population trends and child marriage, spousal violence…