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Child marriage is a global problem that affect millions of children, mostly girls, across the world. Child marriage has numerous adverse effects on the overall well-being of children who are mentally, psychologically, emotionally and physical unfit for married life. It constitutes a violation of child rights and must be abolished. It deprives those involved of education and health services, the chance to learn skills and to develop their personalities.

Since girls are more likely to marry young than boys, and illiterate girls are significantly more at risk of child marriage; Save the Children works with gender transformative programmes that are focused to enroll and retain girls in schools.

Ending child marriage requires the joint effort of all organisations from community level to national and global level. Save the Children works in networks and in collaboration with different stakeholders and sees child marriage as a crosscutting issue that should be mainstreamed into all development work. A reduction in child marriage, FGM and sexual violence will reduce the levels of maternal and infant mortality due to under-age pregnancies and unsafe pregnancies and delivery.

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  1. Save the Children Psychological First Aid Training Manual for Child Practitioners

    The Psychological First Aid Training Manual for Child Practitioners (PFA) was developed by Save the Children Denmark for the Child Protection Initiative, to facilitate training in psychological first aid with a focus on children. It is aimed at developing

    Publication year: 2013 Publisher(s): Save the Children Denmark Author(s): Dybdal, Anne-Sophie | Melin, Mie | Terlonge, Pernille

  2. Gender Norms, Child Marriage and Girls' Education in West and Central Africa: Assessing the role of education in the prevention and response to child marriage

    Child marriage is deep rooted in gender discrimination and inequality – and in many contexts is sustained as a result of harmful social norms and the negative consequences of poverty and deprivation. It is further exacerbated by humanitarian crises (such

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children International Author(s): Versluys, Eline

  3. State of World Population 2020: Against my will- Defying the practices that harm women and girls and undermine equality

    Opening with a powerful Call to Action from UNFPA's Executive Director and United Nations Under-Secretary-General Dr. Natalia Kanem, this report focuses on three harmful practices: femal genital mutilation (FGM), child marriage, and son preference. Year 2

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund

  4. The Links Between Girls’ Life Skills Intervention in Emergencies and Their Return to Education Post-Crisis and Prevention of Unwanted Pregnancies and Early Marriage

    Adolescent girls are one of the most at-risk populations at times of emergencies. When schools close and access to safe spaces and services decrease, girls’ vulnerability is increased. This frequently leads to significant growth in gender-based violence,

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): K4D, Knowledge, Evidence, and Learning for Development | DFID, ... Author(s): Rafaeli, Tal

  5. Child Marriage Practices Among the Rohingya in Bangladesh

    Child marriage is a significant threat faced by millions of girls each year. Marriage at young ages can pose multiple threats to young girls’ lives, health, and future prospects, including an increased risk of intimate partner violence, higher maternal mo

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): BMC, BioMed Central Author(s): Melnikas, Andrea J. | Ainul, Sigma | Ehsan, Iqbal | Haque, Eashita | Am ...

  6. "No Happy Ever After": What children really think about child marriage in humanitarian crises

    ‘No Happily Ever After’ is new research that raises the voices and views of the children and young people who are affected by the issue of child marriage in countries facing a humanitarian crisis. The report also draws on the voices of children and young

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): World Vision UK Author(s): Le Borgne, Carine

  7. Driving Progress for Adolescent Girls: Decreasing child marriage over the next five years

    The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action recognizes the reality of girls’ distinct experiences and cites child marriage as a driver of girls’ mortality, lack of access to education, and diminished economic opportunities in their future. As a critic

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children US

  8. Civil Society and Budget Advocacy to End Child Marriage: Lessons learned from six pilot projects

    Produced by Girls Not Brides, this discussion paper shares key lessons learned from six pilot projects on budget advocacy to end child marriage. The projects were carried out in Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Togo. Among many key findings, this rep

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Girls Not Brides

  9. Addressing Data Gaps on Child, Early and Forced Marriage in Humanitarian Settings

    One of the reasons why child marriage in humanitarian settings continues to persist is a significant lack of data. The complex and often under-resourced humanitarian environments present a number of barriers to addressing this issue, even as humanitarian

    Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children International | Save the Children US Author(s): Mazurana, Dyan | Marshak, Anastasia

  10. Global Childhood Report 2019: Changing lives in our lifetime

    In commemoration of its founding 100 years ago, Save the Children releases its third annual Global Childhood Report to celebrate progress for children. Children born today have a better chance than at any time in history to grow up healthy, educated and p

    Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children | Save the Children International | Save the Chil ... Author(s): Geoghegan, Tracy

  11. “No, I Don’t”: Abolishing Child Marriage in Lebanon

    At first glance, child marriage appears less pervasive in Lebanon in comparison with other Middle Eastern states. Six percent of 20 to 24-year-old Lebanese women were married by the age of 18 as of 2009, as opposed to 18% across MENA. Nevertheless, this f

    Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children Lebanon | Save the Children International

  12. Accelerating Change towards Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Effects of community dialogues on FGM/C and child marriage

    Women and girls face extreme forms of violations in Somalia; common among them is Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). National statistics estimates over 97% of girls aged 15 to 19 years have undergone FGM/C. To accelerate change towards reduction i

    Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children International | Norwegian Church Aid Author(s): Kipchumba, Elijah | Korir, Judy | Abdirahman, Nafisa | Mwai, Caroline

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