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From research, to program design, to implementation programming for rural girls In Ethiopia: a toolkit for practitioners
Developed by Population Council, this toolkit is meant for those seeking to build or improve programmes for rural adolescent girls in Ethiopia.
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…
Who Speaks For Me? Ending Child Marriage
Explores trends in child marriage and the benefits of delaying marriage. Examines promising approaches in developing countries to end child marriage and provides recommendations to advance policy and advocacy efforts.
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.…
El matrimonio infantil y las uniones de hecho forzadas en adolescentes en Guatemala
Este estudio presenta una investigación exploratoria del impacto del matrimonio civil y la unión de hecho forzada de niños, niñas y adolescentes en Guatemala.
Solutions to end child marriage: What the evidence shows
Summarises a systematic review of child marriage prevention programs that have documented evaluations and offers an analysis of the broader implications for viable solutions to end child marriage.
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.
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.
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.