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Child marriage

At UNICEF, we believe that child marriage is a form of violence against children. Our aim is to avert 500,000 child marriages in the region by 2021.

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Convention on the Rights of the Child

Comprehensive overview of the 8 focus areas of the Convention on the Rights of the Child over the past 30 years

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A desk review of evidence from South Asia

This study looks at the different forms that child marriage takes in South Asia and further looks at how these variations in child marriage practices...

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25 years of uneven progress: Despite gains in education, world still a violent, highly discriminatory place for girls – UNICEF

Two and a half decades after the historic Beijing women’s conference, violence against women and girls still not only common, but accepted

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Maldives ratifies Child Rights Protection Act

The new Act prohibits marrying any child in Maldives below the age of 18

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Birth Registration for Every Child by 2030: Are we on track?

This report presents global and regional estimates of the number of unregistered children. It assesses the amount of effort needed to achieve universal...

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Changing lives by speaking up: Kowsalya’s story

[CRC Article 1 – the right to childhood; Article 28 – the right to a quality education] In India, Kowsalya is standing up for her right to education and...

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Ending Child Marriage in South Asia

Child marriage remains pervasive in South Asia. 30 per cent of women aged 20-24 were married before the age of 18. This report summarizes the evidence.....

An adolescent girl, Kusma, looks into the camera with determination while holding a school book against a salmon-colored wall.

13-year-old Kusma’s struggle to become a doctor

[Youth Skills] Instead of letting her community what to do with her future, Kusma is telling her community of girl's rights to pursue their dreams....

Pritam sits with a book open and smiles at the camera gently. She is sitting next to an ornate wooden door.

Student today, doctor tomorrow: Pritam’s story

[Youth Skills] Schooling beyond 11th grade is not available in Pritam's village. Pritam will leave for higher education but many of her peers can't.....