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UNFPA and UNICEF strengthen efforts to promote comprehensive development, protection and empowerment of girls and adolescent girls in Latin America and the Caribbean
Panama City, Panama, 17 May 2024., The Regional Offices of UNFPA and UNICEF have signed a, cooperation agreement aimed at contributing to the realization of the rights of children and adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean, . The joint initiatives seek to contribute to the targets of the 2030 Agenda, inclu...
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Research brief: Child marriage and early unions in the Caribbean
This research brief summarizes what is already known about child marriage and early unions (CMEUs) in the Caribbean, complemented by the findings of research commissioned by UNICEF in the framework of the Spotlight Initiative Caribbean Regional Programme and conducted in six Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbud...
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logos-spotlight-initiative Stay tuned for the publication of this Research Brief on this page in January 2024 At least one in four girls under 18 years of age in the Caribbean is married or in a union, usually an informal union. Unequal gender norms are a cause and a result of early unions. The heightened risk of ...
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Almost 60 per cent of child-focused SDGs are off track in Latin America and the Caribbean
PANAMA CITY, , 20 November 2023 –, Most child-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators are off-pace to meet their targets by the 2030 deadline in Latin America and Caribbean, UNICEF warned on World Children’s Day. At the current pace, the region will not achieve 58 per cent of the indicator targets re...
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Global polycrisis creating uphill battle to end child marriage – UNICEF
NEW YORK, 3 May 2023 , – Despite a steady decline in child marriage in the last decade, multiple crises including conflict, climate shocks, and the ongoing fallout from COVID-19 are threatening to reverse hard-earned gains, according to a new analysis issued by UNICEF today. ", The world is engulfed by crises on t...
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Child Marriage and Early Unions in Humanitarian and Crisis Settings
Child Marriage and Early Unions Child Marriage and Early Unions are complex phenomena related to gender inequalities, violence, poverty, school dropout, adolescent pregnancy, inadequate legal frameworks and policies that deprive girls and adolescent girls of both present and future opportunities. In the LAC region, one out of every four women…, During the coronavirus pandemic ..., The Coronavirus pandemic has strongly impacted the economy of fami...
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Reforming the legislation on the age of marriage
Joint general recommendation/general comment No. 31 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and No. 18 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child calls for states to consider that harmful practices are deeply engrained in social attitudes that see women and girls as inferior to men and...
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A Profile of Child Marriage and Early Unions
Child marriage is a violation of human rights. Every child has the right to be protected from this harmful practice, which has devastating consequences for individuals and for society. Child marriage is now firmly on the global development agenda, most prominently through its inclusion in Sustainable Development G...
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A commitment to end child marriage and early unions
Child marriage and early unions are complex phenomena related to gender inequalities, violence, poverty, dropping out of school and adolescent pregnancy. Ending child marriage and early unions help girls exercise their rights and to have the opportunity to develop all their abilities to reach their full potentia...
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Married girls live “The Worst Soap Opera”
Soap operas are the most consumed television content in the Dominican Republic. Taking advantage of this, UNICEF launched "The Worst Soap Opera", a communication campaign winning three awards at Cannes Lions 2018, the most important and international festival of advertising and creativity. UNICEF challenged soci...
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Accelerate actions to end child marriage and early unions in Latin America and the Caribbean
Despite regional advances on gender equality, the prevalence rate of child marriage and early unions has remained stagnant over the past ten years in Latin America and the Caribbean. This situation, typically not part the national development agendas, had barely been considered in our countries’ public policies. I...