On 21 March, the Public Forum "Dialogue for Change" was held in which representatives of government institutions, civil society organisations and adolescent activists exchanged information and proposals on the importance of addressing Child Marriages and Early and Forced Unions (MUITF) in Guatemala.
Statement from the Girls Not Brides Ghana Partnership Girls Not Brides Ghana Partnership, a coalition of over 100 child rights organizations in all the 16 regions of Ghana, has a mandate of ending child marriage and all forms of violence…
The sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will be held from 11 to 22 March 2024 at the UN Headquarters in New York. CSW68 will bring together representatives of UN Member States, UN entities, and…
As the Summit of the Future seeks to respond to current and future challenges, its deliberations, diagnosis of the complex issues our world faces and identification of solutions must prioritise the global issue that child marriage represents.
[Malawi, 21 November 2023] - The Government of Malawi has announced a significant step forward in their efforts to end child, early and forced marriages and unions in Malawi following a roundtable discussion.
On 03 November 2023, a devastating earthquake struck remote western Nepal. According to the Nepal Red Cross Society situation report, 158 people have lost their lives, with approximately 345 others injured.
As part of the ongoing collaboration between Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage, Girls First Fund, VOW for Girls, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Clooney Foundation for Justice, and Girls Opportunity Alliance, dedicated activists and leaders…
10 November 2023
The legislation, which was approved by Mexico’s Supreme Court on Wednesday 6 September 2023, represents a significant step forward in the fight for women's rights and autonomy.
This week’s launch of UNICEF data on child marriage demonstrates that progress is possible, with countries from a variety of settings sharing common threads including improvements in economic development, poverty reduction, access to employment – and educational attainment at the secondary level for girls. Each region in the world has a positive example of acceleration that we can learn from.