Child marriage is a global issue. It is fuelled by gender inequality, poverty, social norms and insecurity, and has devastating consequences all over the world.
Explore our vision and mission to end child marriage, learn about our organisational structure, and discover how we work as a global partnership to drive change and empower girls worldwide.
Girls Not Brides members are civil society organisations committed to working together to end child marriage and support married girls. Our strength is our diversity.
Discover tools, resources and events to learn more about child marriage and related issues, and be successful in your advocacy, youth activism and fundraising.
Discover the latest news and stories about child marriage, and the work our member organisations and partners in the broader movement are doing to end it.
At Girls Not Brides, we believe no one single actor can address child marriage. We need all hands on deck to ensure girls can fulfil their potential and exercise their rights. We also believe that when we bring diverse groups of stakeholders together – from grassroots organisations to large international agencies - transformational change can happen.
Girls Not Brides National Partnerships are diverse groups of civil society organisations that work together to advocate for the rights of girls and end child marriage in their countries. Over the past few years, these National Partnerships have had considerable successes, including pushing for constitutional changes to raise the age of marriage, working with their governments to develop national action plans that address child marriage, and advocating for budget allocation at the sub-national level to make sure change happens for girls in their communities.
How did our National Partnerships achieve these wins? How was internal organisation key to their success? This set of case studies tells six stories of how collective working can create meaningful changes in the lives of girls. Each example outlines valuable lessons learned to help civil society actors, institutional and government donors and practitioners better understand:
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