New Insights in Preventing Child Marriage: A Global Analysis of Factors and Programs

Location: 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 302, Washington, D.C. 20036
New research from ICRW found that programs seeking to prevent child marriage should target and tailor efforts to young girls approaching the "tipping point" age — the age at which child marriage prevalence in a country starts to increase markedly, usually 13 or 14.
Nearly half of all girls in developing countries will marry as teenagers, even though child marriage is a human rights violation, a barrier to development and illegal under international and national laws. At this rate, 100 million girls will become wives in the next decade — that's some 25,000 child brides per day.
New ICRW research explored the risk and protective factors that may be associated with child marriage, such as education, wealth and the age differences between a girl and her husband.
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