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Capoeira para um Futuro em Moçambique
Article
14 September 2023
Capoeira helps child victims of violence and child marriage
“In capoeira, I have learned that girls don’t need to be afraid.”
Foto de família de frente a um mural com pinturas sobre uniões prematuras com membros do Comité Directivo do Programa Global do UNFPA-UNICEF para Acabar com as Uniões Prematuras e jovens e adolescentes
Press release
04 September 2023
Steering Committee Members from UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage (GPECM) conclude week-long mission in Mozambique
Ending violence against children with knowledge acquired from child-to-child school clubs
Article
10 July 2023
Ending violence against children with knowledge acquired
My mother accepted the proposal because she couldn’t afford to continue paying for my education. She told me that if I got married, my husband would help me
Report
11 November 2022
Child Marriage in Mozambique: A Practice Mired in Perception
Formative Research in Nampula, Zambézia, Tete and Manica provinces to inform the Communication for Development Strategy to Eliminate Child Marriage

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Formative Research Report (PDF, 2 MB)
Article
06 December 2021
Mpupwé community leader committed to prevent Child marriages
I encourage the other leaders of neighboring villages to follow this path and not to perform or participate in unions that involve children.
Um líder comunitário conversa com uma família na Província de Gaza, em Moçambique.
Article
03 August 2021
Community leaders become allies in fighting child marriage
The Mozambican Parliament has passed a new law which criminalizes child marriage. Community leaders are key to disseminate the law.
Activistas comunitários lutam contra as uniões prematuras em Moçambique
Article
22 February 2021
Community activists are on a mission to end child marriage
Maria and Francisco, community activists who work for a Spotlight Initiative-supported organization, rescued a girl from child marriage
115 milhões de rapazes e homens de todo o mundo se casaram quando ainda eram crianças
Press release
12 June 2019
115 million boys and men around the world married as children
First ever estimate on child grooms brings global child marriage figures to 765 million
Moçambique tem uma das taxas mais elevadas de casamento prematuro do mundo
Page
04 May 2019
Child marriage in Mozambique
Mozambique has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world