Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage is proud to announce the appointment of globally renowned advocate for women’s rights, Dr. Alaa Murabit, as the new Chair of its Board of Trustees, effective October 14, 2024. Dr.…
The Child Marriage Prevention Act of 2024 is introduced to U.S. Congress.
A regional convening in Lusaka, Zambia, will review progress on implementing the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Model Law to end child marriage, adopted in 2016. The event will bring together stakeholders to accelerate efforts to protect children and ensure the Model Law's effective adoption across 16 SADC countries.
The proposed amendment threatens to significantly roll back the rights of girls and women in the country.
Monday 15 July 2024 - a bill that seeks to repeal the 2015 ban on female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in The Gambia has been rejected by the National Assembly. If passed, this would have been the first time a ban on FGM/C has been reversed.
Sierra Leone’s parliament has approved The Prohibition of Child Marriage Bill 2024.
Reported plans to fund a mass wedding of 100 orphaned girls in Niger State, Nigeria, have sparked significant controversy and public outcry The aim of the plan, spearheaded by Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, the Speaker of the Niger state House of Assembly,…
Girls Not Brides to appoint a new Chair of the Board of Trustees in 2024
CECAP: Coalition for the Elimination of Premature Unions and Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage are united with the Government of Mozambique in calling for decisive action to end premature unions across the country.
On 10 May 2024, the Government of Central African Republic adopted a national strategy to end Child marriage, in response to the alarming prevalence of child marriage in the Central African Republic (source: UNICEF press release, 13 May 2024).