{"id":9870,"date":"2018-09-20T18:36:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T16:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/?p=9870"},"modified":"2018-09-20T18:38:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T16:38:36","slug":"toward-an-end-to-child-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/2018\/09\/toward-an-end-to-child-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Toward an End to Child Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\">UC Berkeley\u2019s Human Rights Center \/<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Save the Children<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-4.52.43-PM-233x300.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9871 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-4.52.43-PM-233x300-233x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"394\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UC Berkeley\u2019s Human Rights Center, in partnership with Save the Children, released in London this week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.berkeley.edu\/research\/human-rights-center\/programs\/health-human-rights-program\/toward-an-end-to-child-marriage\/\">Toward an End to Child Marriage<\/a>\u2014a study that spotlights insights from 21 countries regarding how to prevent child marriage, which affects an estimated 12 million girls each year<\/p>\n<p>This practitioner-focused study is the first comprehensive review of child marriage interventions that focuses on development and humanitarian contexts. Researchers examined data from more than 375 reports and interviewed key practitioners globally.<\/p>\n<p>Despite recent declines in the prevalence of\u00a0child marriage globally, an estimated 12 million girls\u00a0are still married each year.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, here has\u00a0been growing concern around reports of increasing\u00a0child marriage rates among those affected by conflict\u00a0or natural disaster where underlying drivers\u00a0such as gender inequality, social norms, and lack\u00a0of opportunities for girls are exacerbated, and new\u00a0drivers related to protection concerns and extreme\u00a0poverty arise.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, girls who are married\u00a0young experience a violation of their human rights\u00a0and suffer negative impacts on their education, economic\u00a0prospects, social lives, mental and physical\u00a0health, and the health and nutrition of their children.<\/p>\n<p>Effective interventions are urgently needed to\u00a0address this critical issue.\u00a0The purpose of the following study is to gather\u00a0findings from efforts to prevent and respond to\u00a0child marriage in both development and humanitarian\u00a0contexts and determine what Save the\u00a0Children and other organizations can do to improve\u00a0their response to this critical issue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Among the recommendations:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Place youth voices at the center of all advocacy efforts.<\/li>\n<li>Prioritize research in four especially urgent regions and contexts: urban settings, Southeast Asia, and Latin America\u2014in particular, gang violence in Central America.<\/li>\n<li>Assess pre-existing and crisis-specific drivers of child marriage in humanitarian contexts, including parents\u2019 decision-making processes, and effective interventions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u201cChild marriage has a devastating effect on the physical and mental health of girls and limits their lifelong opportunities,\u201d says\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.berkeley.edu\/research\/human-rights-center\/about-hrc\/faculty-staff\/julie-freccero\/\">Julie Freccero<\/a>, director of the Health and Human Rights Program and co-author of the study (with Human Rights Center Researcher\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.berkeley.edu\/research\/human-rights-center\/about-hrc\/faculty-staff\/audrey-whiting\/\">Audrey Whiting<\/a>).\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cWe know that child marriage can increase when people are displaced by conflict and natural disaster, but we have very little evidence of what works to mitigate this. Interventions, and rigorous evaluations of those interventions, are urgently needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Save the Children commissioned the study from UC Berkeley\u2019s Human Rights Center in order to inform the NGO\u2019s work to end child marriage.<\/p>\n<p>_______________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download the study:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.berkeley.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Toward-an-End-to-Child_Marriage_Report_FINAL.pdf\">Toward an End to Child Marriage<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Works to Prevent Child Marriage in development and humanitarian settings? 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