News

From child bride to midwife saving lives of Afghan mothers

Amina Mansoory is the only midwife serving in a remote district (population:1500) of Herat province in western Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan
  • 10 March 2021
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Resources

Technical Note on Ensuring Value for Money in the Global Programme to End Child Marriage

Resource date: Nov 2020

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF

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Resources

Child Marriage and the Law: Technical Note for the Global Programme to End Child Marriage

Resource date: Nov 2020

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF

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Resources

Technical Note on Adolescent Girl-Responsive Systems

Resource date: Nov 2020

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)–United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Global Programme to End Child Marriage works with many partners to advocate and support practical actions to end child marriage, and to promote gender equality and the empowerment of adolescent girls.

This technical note illustrates how systems for education, health, gender-based violence and child protection, and social protection can coordinate action and contribute to the safety, health and learning of adolescent girls, and build opportunities for them. 

Resources

Addressing Child Marriage in Humanitarian Settings: Technical Guide for Staff and Partners of the UNFPA–UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage

Resource date: Feb 2021

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF

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Resources

Evolution in the Evidence Base on Child Marriage 2000-2019

Resource date: Jan 2021

Publisher: UNFPA, UNICEF

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News

Three girls, three stories: The perils of child marriage and the promise of freedom

Sixteen-year-old Fethiye fled war in Iraq – and the likelihood of child marriage – to Türkiye. © UNFPA Türkiye
  • 11 February 2021
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News

Child marriage, female genital mutilation urgent priorities as pandemic threatens progress

Fethiye says staff at a UNFPA safe space helped convince her family to let her go to school rather than be wed. © UNFPA Türkiye
  • 01 February 2021
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News

2020 Year in Review: Top 5 stories affecting women and girls

In pandemic times, midwives around the world like Selina Akter in Bangladesh helped deliver a safer world. Image courtesy of Selina Akter
  • 28 December 2020
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Resources

Advancing the Evidence Base on Strategies to End Child Marriage and Support Married Girls: Meeting Report

Resource date: Aug 2020

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage

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