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Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage

1,400+ civil society organisations in nearly 100 countries dedicated to ending child marriage.

Our Strategy
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12 million girls are married before the age of 18 each year

That is 23 girls married every minute

Around 1 girl married every 3 seconds

What we do

Global action

We protect and unlock funding to end child marriage and ensure it is a non-negotiable priority in international development agendas.

Country Impact

We drive sustained national action by governments and civil society in countries, contributing to a reduction in child marriage prevalence.

Our partnership is made up of more than 1,400 organisations in nearly 100 countries

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Child marriage atlas

Explore the latest data on child marriage rates, trends, and progress across regions worldwide with our interactive tool. The atlas offers detailed country profiles, highlighting the challenges and the global efforts to end child marriage.

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Latest articles

International Day of the Girl: invest in girls’ rights and accelerate action to end child marriage in Malawi

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International Day of the Girl: To end child marriage faster, donors and philanthropies need to fund differently

Press release

Girls Not Brides welcomes new International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced Marriage

Blog

UN Human Rights Council Adopts Seventh Resolution on Child, Early and Forced Marriage

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