Authoring Agency: Council on Foreign RelationsPublication Date: June 2014This paper examines the correlation between child marriage prevalence and state fragility, demonstrating that many of the countries with the highest rates of the practice are found on the top of lists such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) list of fragile states and […]

Authoring Agency: Equality NowPublication Date: 2024This factsheet was recently updated to include the most current knowledge and statistics regarding female genital mutilation (FGM) and its practice within the United States. It covers a range of questions regarding FGM, including the health consequences, relevant laws and policies, and the history of the practice in the U.S.

Authoring Agency: Equality NowPublication Date: January 2015Compiled twenty years after the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action, this report details discriminatory laws regarding marital status, personal status, economic status, and violence.  It contains information on progress made towards ending sex discrimination in the law in various countries and offers suggestions for individuals and organizations

Authoring Agency: Equality NowPublication Date: February 2015This report documents a wide range of harmful consequences and calls on governments to remove all discrimination against women in passing on their nationality to their husbands and children. It highlights those countries where women do not have the same rights as men to convey their nationality, engendering much hardship

Authoring Agencies: Let Girls Lead and Girls Empowerment NetworkPublication Date: January 2014This case study examines how Let Girls Lead and the Girls Empowerment Network are eliminating child marriage in southern Malawi through girl-led advocacy with village chiefs. Learn More …

Authoring Agencies: The Ford Foundation and GreeneworksPublication Date: January 2014This report aims to provoke discussion clarify what we need to know to bring an end to the deeply harmful practice of child marriage.  By mapping current knowledge of child marriage and the programs designed to address it, and highlighting questions that remain unanswered, the report helps

Authoring Agency: Council on Foreign RelationsPublication Date: May 2013This paper examines child marriage as not only a threat to the girls themselves, but also to the prosperity and stability of the countries in which the practice is prevalent.  It posits that child marriage undermines U.S. development and foreign policy priorities and threatens international cooperation. Learn

Authoring Agencies: Women’s Refugee Commission, UNICEF, and CPC Learning NetworkPublication Date: June 2015This report provides a framework for mitigating girls’ risk of gender-based violence (GBV) through economic strengthening. It outlines promising practices from humanitarian and development contexts and provides insights from a review of economic strengthening programs that targeted adolescent girls.  The report aims to inform the design,

Authoring Agencies: USAID, PEPFAR, and FHI 360Publication Date: 2015Empowering Adolescent Girls to Lead through Education (EAGLE) is a five-year, USAID-funded project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to create opportunities for adolescent girls to acquire the education and skills necessary to become active, positive agents for change within their families, schools, and communities. The purpose of this gender analysis is to identify

Authoring Agency: UNAIDSPublication Date: 2015This report examines the current AIDS response in Africa and provides recommendations for fast-tracking the response to HIV/AIDS among adolescent girls and women.  It is meant to guide regional and global advocacy and inform political dialogue over the coming year. Learn More …