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.
The Elders, chaired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, is an independent group of global leaders brought together by Nelson Mandela that works for peace and human rights. In 2010, recognising and building on the long-standing efforts of a number of organisations to end the harmful practice of child marriage, The Elders initiated Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage. The Elders sought to address the limited international visibility and leadership on the issue of child marriage, as well as the need for greater coordination and collective action among those working at the grassroots, national and international levels to end the harmful practice.
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