Executive Summary The current law in Bangladesh that addresses child marriage is the Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2017 (CMRA) repealing the earlier British law of 1929. The Act sets the minimum age...
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Présentation de la situation L'impact de la pandémie de COVID-19 risque de mettre en danger des décennies de progrès dans le domaine des droits des filles et de l'égalité de genre. En fin février,...
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Setting the scene The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic risks undoing decades of progress for girls' rights and gender equality. When cases of COVID-19 started emerging in West and Central African...
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global emergency, one which is likely to have a devastating effect on the African continent if the trends seen in other parts of the world take root in the...
Child marriage is rooted in gender inequality and in the low value accorded to girls, and is exacerbated by poverty, insecurity and conflict. It denies girls their rights and undermines numerous...
KUALA LUMPUR – Progress to end child marriage must be accelerated, urged civil society organisations from around the world gathered in Malaysia this week for the world’s biggest ever global meeting...
LONDON – As the world marks International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October, Girls Not Brides is calling upon the international community to prioritise investments to end child marriage, stressing...
Foreword When a young girl becomes a bride, the consequences are lifelong – for the girl, for her children and for her nation. Every year some 15 million girls around the world are married as...