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Child marriage

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Report
08 June 2022
Facts and figures: Child marriage in MENA
February 2022

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Facts and figures: Child marriage in MENA (PDF, 1 MB)
Refugee Camp in bekaa valley
Article
17 December 2021
“I got married at the age of 13”
As Lebanon slips deeper within its multiple crises, desperate coping mechanisms are being employed within vulnerable families
Malak, 7, attends English classes at her local Makani.
Report
22 June 2021
Child Marriage in the context of COVID-19
Analysis of trends, programming and alternative approaches in the MENA region

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Child Marriage in the context of COVID-19 (PDF, 15 MB)
an adolescent girl in a classroom
Article
16 April 2020
“I feel much older than I am in reality,”; Salsabil’s story
Overcoming the impact of conflict and social norms to make a better life for her daughter and herself
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Report
31 July 2018
A Profile of Child Marriage
Middle East and North Africa

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Child Marriage Report (PDF, 2 MB)
Child Marriage in Humanitarian Settings in Middle East and North Africa (PDF, 4 MB)
A veiled girl in a tent
Report
19 March 2018
Child Marriage in the Middle East and North Africa
A multi-country study

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Child Marriage in MENA - Report (PDF, 19 MB)
Child Marriage in MENA - Executive Summary (PDF, 17 MB)
Egypt Brief - Child Marriage in MENA (PDF, 1 MB)
Jordan Brief - Child Marriage in MENA (PDF, 503 KB)
Lebanon Brief - Child Marriage in MENA (PDF, 480 KB)
Morocco Brief - Child Marriage in MENA (PDF, 350 KB)
Sudan Brief - Child Marriage in MENA (PDF, 1 MB)
Yemen Brief - Child Marriage in MENA (PDF, 1 MB)
A group of school girls attending an FGM awareness seminar in Asyut, Upper Egypt.  Part of this program is to mobilize the community, particularly young girls to report different cases of violence against children, particularly FGM and Child Marriage to the Child Protection Committees (CPCs) and the Child Helpline (16000) and provide capacity building for the social workers to efficiently manage different cases.
Press release
09 May 2016
Al-Azhar AlSharief and the Coptic Church provide their perspective on 11 types of violence against children including Female Genital Mutilation, early marriage and child recruitment
Press release
16 July 2014
Concern over child marriage among vulnerable girls in Jordan

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