At Girls Not Brides we are deeply concerned by the worsening situation in Afghanistan and our hearts go out to the Afghan people. Thousands across the country are at serious risk of reprisals from the Taliban for speaking and acting…
Dr Gallagher replaces founder and current Chair, Mabel van Oranje, in September 2021. LONDON 22 July 2021: Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Anne T. Gallagher AO, Director-General…
Girls Not Brides will appoint a new Chair of the Board of Trustees in 2021 LONDON 22 January 2021 – Mabel van Oranje, global advocate and founder of Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage, will move…
The Heads of States and governments of French-speaking countries (also known as “La Francophonie”) took a stand against child marriage at the 16 th Francophonie Summit, held in Madagascar on 26-27 November, by adopting a resolution to end child, early…
Five years ago today, Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage was born. Our mission was simple – though by no means easy: to end child marriage in a generation. In just a few years, we have…
A new multi-country initiative to accelerate action to end child marriage will help protect the rights of millions of the world’s most vulnerable girls, UNICEF and UNFPA said on International Women’s Day. The UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to Accelerate Action to…
A number of Girls Not Brides members attended the first African Girls’ Summit on child marriage in Africa, which took place from 26-27 November 2015 in Lusaka, Zambia, and participated in strategic meetings and consultations on the margins of the…
40% of girls in sub-Saharan Africa are married before their 18 th birthday. Child marriage not only deprives them of their childhood, health and education, it limits the potential of the entire continent. 15 out of the 20 countries with…
Humanitarian and natural disasters are leading to dramatic increases in child marriage around the world. Mounting evidence reveals that in times of crisis, whether triggered by refugee emergencies, floods, earthquakes or war, the number of young girls being married rises…
Joint press release by World Vision, the World YWCA, as well as CARE USA, International Center for Research on Women and the International Women’s Health Coalition representing the Girls Not Brides USA partnership. Getting the world’s 32 million out-of-school girls…