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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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The Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program: Lessons learned from the pilot test program
In this report, Population Council provide valuable insights and lessons learnt from the Zambian Adolescent Girls Empowerment Programme during its pilot phase.
Asia child marriage initiative: summary of research in Bangladesh, India and Nepal
Explores perceptions of different stakeholders of the causes and consequences of child marriage and the efficacy of Plan’s programming in addressing these factors.
Social norms for adolescent girls in Nepal: Slow but positive progress
Developed by the Overseas Development Institute, this briefing looks at the changes in social norms for girls in two districts in Nepal.
The Ishraq program for out-of-school girls: from pilot to scale-up
In this report, Population Council charts the evolution of Ishraq - a sustainable programme for out of school girls in Upper Egypt to increase literacy
Accountability for child marriage: Key UN recommendations to Governments in South Asia on reproductive health and sexual violence
This factsheet looks at the impact of child marriage on the sexual and reproductive health of girls and makes key recommendations to governments.
Prachar: Advancing young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in India
Pathfinder International implemented an 11-year Promoting Change in Reproductive Behavior of Adolescents project to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health status.
Policy advocacy toolkit: how to influence public policy for social justice and gender equality in Africa
This toolkit outlines policy advocacy strategies for African civil society organisations to influence policy processes, in particular those relevant to gender equality, democracy and human rights. It targets organisations that…
Minimum age of marriage across Africa (2013)
This table of minimum ages of marriage is a useful resource to identify national-level legislation for marital age across Africa
Early and forced Marriage in Turkey
Addresses early and forced marriage in Turkey from a number of perspectives: law, healthcare, education, human rights. Provides a brief history of Flying Broom's work on child marriage and pertinent…
UNFPA child marriage country profile: Turkey
This factsheet is part of a series of country profiles on child marriage in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region, put together by UNFPA in October 2012.
Reaching child brides. Knowledge summary
This knowledge summary provides an overview of the global nature of child marriage, the negative health consequences and gives examples of prevention programmes.
UNFPA child marriage country profile: Senegal
This factsheet is part of a series of country profiles for 41 countries with a child marriage prevalence of 30 per cent or more, put together by UNFPA in October…