About child marriage

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.

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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.

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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.

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Discover tools, resources and events to learn more about child marriage and related issues, and be successful in your advocacy, youth activism and fundraising.

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Report

Reforming the legislation on the age of marriage: successful experiences and lessons learned from Latin America and the Caribbean

This report by several UN agencies explores how legal reforms can be a first step in addressing child marriage in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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This report is part of a UN inter-agency flagship initiative to end child marriage in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

It provides an overview of the causes and consequences of child marriage in LAC and explores what worked in reforming laws relating to the minimum age for marriage in Ecuador, Mexico and Panama.

The report offers useful guidelines for how to incorporate international human rights instruments to national laws and lead a successful reform process.

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