Child marriage - UNICEF
Child marriage robs girls of their childhood and threatens their well-being. Girls who marry before 18 are more likely to experience domestic violence and less likely to remain in school. They have worse economic and health outcomes than their unmarried peers, which are eventually passed down to their own children, straining a country’s ...
UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage
Child marriage can lead to further isolation from family, friends and communities, and threaten girls’ livelihood and health. In 2016, UNICEF, together with UNFPA , launched a global programme to tackle child marriage in 12 of the most high-prevalence or high-burden countries: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Mozambique ...
Child marriage | UNICEF South Asia
Child marriage is a tragic reality for girls and boys in South Asia, but it continues to disproportionately affects girls. 1 in 4 young women in South Asia were married before their 18th birthday The decision to marry a child is driven by deep-seated social and religious views and financial hardship.
Ending child marriage and adolescent empowerment - UNICEF
Child marriage affects both girls and boys, but it affects girls disproportionately. It is defined as a marriage of a girl or boy before the age of 18 and refers to both formal marriages and informal unions in which children under the age of 18 live with a …
Child Marriage to review gaps in policy and interventions. In June 2017, a follow-up multi-stakeholder conference was held on “Preventing and Ending Child and Early Marriage: Learning from Promising Strategies and Good Practices”. This discussion paper builds on the outcomes of these conferences and research on child marriage and early union
Fast Facts: 10 facts illustrating why we must #EndChildMarriage
Feb 10, 2019 · Child marriage occurs in high-income countries too. In the United States, the majority of all 50 States have an exception in law that allows children to marry before the age of 18. As of 2017, in the European Union, only four countries tolerate no exceptions to the minimum age of 18 for marriage.
The burden of child marriage could drop substantially in the coming decades if progress is accelerated FIG. 10 Observed and projected burden of child marriage How to read the projections The figures to the left show how the scale of the practice of child marriage has changed since 1990, as well as a selection of scenarios that could occur
The criminalization of child marriage is a complex and polarizing issue.10 Applying child marriage laws and punishing perpetrators sends a clear signal that marrying children is illegal and there is no impunity for violating the law. On the other hand, criminalizing child marriage may have unintended negative consequences for children and families.
Child marriage | UNICEF Niger
Mar 17, 2020 · The 30 th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child lands in Niger. UNICEF launched an artistic video with international music producer Moon Boots and vocalist Black Gatsby to join global efforts to fight against child marriage and to promote schooling for girls in Niger. All girls and boys have ...
Child marriage publication catalogue 2020-2021 - UNICEF
3 days ago · Investing in data and generating and disseminating evidence on what works to prevent child marriage is essential to developing smart, effective policies and programmes that lead to large-scale change. This publications catalogue compiles 119 research and evidence pieces published in 2020 and 2021 by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF ...