Berhane Hewan Ethiopia
Berhane Hewan (Light for Eve, in Amharic) was a community-based intervention designed to both prevent child marriage and support girls who were already married [...]
Adolescent Girls Initiative-Kenya
Adolescent girls in Kenya who are marginalized face considerable risks and vulnerabilities that affect their educational status, health, and general well-being. They are at [...]
More Than Brides Alliance
Child marriage is a violation of human rights, impedes sustainable development, and often has lasting negative impacts on health, education, and access to income-generation [...]
Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program
Social isolation, economic vulnerability, and lack of access to health care prevent healthy transitions from girlhood to womanhood, especially for vulnerable adolescent girls in [...]
BALIKA (Bangladeshi Association for Life Skills, Income, and Knowledge for Adolescents)
Despite significant progress in many gender and reproductive health indicators, two out of three girls in Bangladesh are married before the legal age of [...]
Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend (SWEDD)
In the Sahel region of West Africa, extensive poverty and inequality hinder social and economic stability and development. Recurring conflicts, epidemics, natural disasters, and [...]
Child Marriage, Climate Change, and Local-Level Variability
As we learn more about climate change, we find increasing evidence of the divergent social impact of climate-related events. The risk of child marriage [...]