New Insights on Preventing Child Marriage: A Global Analysis of Factors and Programs
- Document number
- 1813
- Date
- 2007
- Title
- New Insights on Preventing Child Marriage: A Global Analysis of Factors and Programs
- Author/publisher
- International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems,
- Summary
- Current literature on child marriage has primarily examined the prevalence, consequences and reported reasons for early marriage. Much less has been analyzed about the risk and protective factors that may be associated with child marriage. Also, little is known about the range of existing programs addressing child marriage, and what does and does not work in preventing early marriage. The work presented here investigates two key questions: • What factors are associated with risk of or protection against child marriage, and ultimately could be the focus of prevention efforts? • What are the current programmatic approaches to prevent child marriage in developing countries, and are these programs effective? This report is for policy-makers and development practitioners working on or planning a future program to prevent child marriage
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