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Child Marriage Stories: Girls and Young Women Leading the Charge
Child marriage - 6 May 2024

Child Marriage Stories: Girls and Young Women Leading the Charge

Child marriage - 6 May 2024

Child Marriage Stories: Girls and Young Women Leading the Charge

Every girl deserves the right to choose who, when – and if…
USEAKING’S PLAN
Beat the Clock - 10 September 2023

USEAKING’S PLAN

Beat the Clock - 10 September 2023

USEAKING’S PLAN

Learn how we’re preventing early and forced marriage by educating young women and girls about their rights and available

We appealed. You responded. 
Appeal - 26 July 2023

We appealed. You responded. 

Appeal - 26 July 2023

We appealed. You responded. 

When you donate to an appeal, you are actively helping us work towards a better tomorrow for girls and

Peer educators helping to end child marriage
Child marriage - 23 June 2023

Peer educators helping to end child marriage

Child marriage - 23 June 2023

Peer educators helping to end child marriage

13-year old Fethia is a grade seven student in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, where the rate of child marriage is

Causes of Child Marriage
Child marriage - 8 June 2023

Causes of Child Marriage

Child marriage - 8 June 2023

Causes of Child Marriage

Child marriage is a truly global and complex issue, impacting girls and communities across cultures. There are, however, common

Atou’s Story
Child marriage - 11 May 2023

Atou’s Story

Child marriage - 11 May 2023

Atou’s Story

At just 11 years of age, Atou* was introduced to an older man from her village in the Diffa

“I am a child, I don’t want to be a bride.”
Child marriage - 19 April 2023

“I am a child, I don’t want to be a bride.”

Child marriage - 19 April 2023

“I am a child, I don’t want to be a bride.”

At just 14 years old, Salimata narrowly avoided being forced into marriage thanks to an aunt who had been

South Sudan’s hunger crisis raises fears of more child marriages 
Child marriage - 15 February 2022

South Sudan’s hunger crisis raises fears of more child marriages 

Child marriage - 15 February 2022

South Sudan’s hunger crisis raises fears of more child marriages 

Ongoing conflict, extreme weather events and now COVID-19 in South Sudan has…
Education after child marriage
Child marriage - 9 July 2021

Education after child marriage

Child marriage - 9 July 2021

Education after child marriage

Zainab was forced out of university and into marriage when she was…
Harnessing the power of digital tools to end child marriage
- 17 June 2021

Harnessing the power of digital tools to end child marriage

- 17 June 2021

Harnessing the power of digital tools to end child marriage

Governments around the world have committed to eliminating child marriage by 2030,…
Ending child marriage through education
Child marriage - 1 June 2021

Ending child marriage through education

Child marriage - 1 June 2021

Ending child marriage through education

Education gives girls freedom and choices in life, but did you know…
What is Child Marriage?
Child marriage - 30 April 2021

What is Child Marriage?

Child marriage - 30 April 2021

What is Child Marriage?

Child marriage is a formal or informal union between a child under…
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