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7 things you might not know about child marriage

After learning about the illegality of child marriage through life-skills education provided by the UNFPA-supported Kishori Resource Center in her community in Jamalpur District, Tahiya (right) was able to help stop the marriage of her high school classmate Shila (left). © UNFPA Bangladesh/Prince Naymuzzaman
  • 07 February 2023
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News

A fresh start for women sanitation workers in India

Members of the Women's Mechanized Cleaning Cooperative in front of one of the machine-mounted cleaners they have been trained to operate in Patna, India. © Deeksha Foundation
  • 13 January 2022
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News

In her words: A child bride from Yemen forced to grow up too fast

Women learn tailoring skills as part of a vocational training programme at a UNFPA-supported safe space. © UNFPA Yemen | Photo does not depict subject featured in story.
  • 10 February 2022
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Publication

UNFPA–UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage Phase I Report (2016-2019)

Number of pages: 137

Publication date: 01 Aug 2020

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF

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Annual Report

Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage Annual Report 2018

Turning Commitments into Solid Actions

Publication date: 01 Aug 2019

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF

1

Publication

Protecting Girls From Child Marriage During COVID-19 and Always: The UNFPA–UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage

Number of pages: 25

Publication date: 01 Jun 2021

Publisher: UNFPA, UNICEF

1

Publication

Research Strategy for Phase II: The UNFPA–UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage

Number of pages: 25

Publication date: 05 Nov 2021

Publisher: UNFPA, UNICEF

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News

Married at 12; a single mother at 16 in Yemen

"When I would find written documents in the house, I needed to ask somebody to read it for me," said Ghada, who was married at 12. She eventually learned to read and write at a UNFPA-supported safe space, which also provided legal assistance and vocational training. © UNFPA Yemen
  • 03 November 2021
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Tanzanian helpline reaching thousands of at-risk women and girls every day

A counsellor takes calls at the National Child Helpline in Dar es Salaam. ©UNFPA Tanzania/Ericky Boniface
  • 20 May 2021
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Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem’s message on Child Marriage at the 65th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

Published on: 17/03/2021

In her remarks at the CSW65 high-level event "An inter-generational dialogue on child, early and forced marriage," UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem explained how child marriage is a manifestation of gender inequality that robs girls of say and choice and appealed for a gender-equal world in which girls would know their rights and value and be empowered to make their own informed decisions. 

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