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Child marriage
Programme
20 March 2018
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.
Article
04 May 2023
Tahmina takes a stand against child marriage
“My mother got married when she was just 13 herself and she did not want that life for me,” says Tahmina.
Press release
03 May 2023
South Asia could eliminate child marriage only in 55 years – UNICEF
In South Asia, 1 in 4 young women are still married before 18th birthday, with climate catastrophes, economic shocks and the ongoing fallout from COVID-19 threatening to reverse hard-earned gains
Report
03 May 2023
A Profile of child marriage in South Asia
Child marriage is a violation of human rights.
Files available for download (7)
South Asia
(PDF, 542 KB)
Afghanistan
(PDF, 321 KB)
Bangladesh
(PDF, 223 KB)
Bhutan
(PDF, 172 KB)
India
(PDF, 864 KB)
Nepal
(PDF, 187 KB)
Pakistan
(PDF, 138 KB)
Press release
19 April 2023
Officials, experts and young people call for renewed efforts to end child marriage in South Asia
New UNICEF study reveals financial pressure and girls being out of school due to the COVID-19 pandemic drove many parents in South Asia to marry their daughters
Article
17 April 2023
Four ways child marriage destroys children's futures
How child marriage hurts children in South Asia – and their countries
Article
07 March 2023
“If nobody stops child marriage, we will"
Highlights from the Rupantaran peer learning and support model in Nepal
Statement
12 November 2021
Girls increasingly at risk of child marriage in Afghanistan
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
Report
03 September 2021
The Relationship between Child Labour and Child Marriage
An analysis of different discourses and perspectives on the relationship between child marriage and child labour
Files available for download (1)
The Relationship between Child Labour and Child Marriage: A Discourse Analysis
(PDF, 580 KB)
Report
01 April 2021
Use of evidence to end child marriage in South Asia
A baseline study of UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage (Phase II)
Files available for download (1)
Use of Evidence in the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage in South Asia
(PDF, 2 MB)
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