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Child marriage and education in Eastern Sudan
(Report, 2018-09-01)A new understanding that educating girls' does not constrain their marriage potential is emerging in eastern Sudan. Girls who continue their education and their families are role models who challenge the cultural boundaries ... -
Community Views on Child Marriage in Kassala: Prospects for Change
(CMI Report SR 2018:01, Research report, 2018-01-01)Child marriage is any formal marriage or informal union where one or both parties are under 18 years of age. Child marriage affects both boys and girls, but disproportionately affects girls. Each year, 15 million girls are ... -
Counter-mobilization against child marriage reform in Africa
(Political Studies, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-01)Legislating a minimum age of marriage at 18 has stirred counter-mobilization in some, but not all, countries where religious or traditional institutions enjoy constitutional authority. To explore differences between states ... -
Counter-mobilization against child marriage reform in Africa
(CMI Brief vol. 16 no. 8, Report, 2017-11-01)Legislating a minimum age of marriage at 18 has stirred counter-mobilization in some, but not all, countries where religious or traditional institutions enjoy constitutional authority. Why does counter-mobilization arise ... -
Drivers of child marriage in eastern Sudan
(Report, 2018-09-01)There are several causes that contribute to child marriage in eastern Sudan, including poverty, lack of education for girls, avoiding stigma and the legality of child marriage. However, tradition and protection of girls’ ... -
Ending child marriages – new laws bring progress but hurdles remain
(CMI Insight 2016:4, Report, 2016-05-01)Reform of family law is considered among the most difficult to achieve since it contests ‘the notion of women and children as property’. There is a continuum ranging from criminalization to non-criminalization in the legal ... -
Girls, Child Marriage, and Education in Red Sea State, Sudan: Perspectives on Girls’ Freedom to Choose
(Sudan Report SR 2017:3, Research report, 2017-09-01)Child marriage is any formal marriage or informal union where one or both parties are under 18 years of age. Child marriage affects both boys and girls, but disproportionately affects girls. Each year, 15 million girls are ... -
Interventions for the abandonment of child marriage in Sudan
(Report, 2018-09-01)Child marriage is legal, and accepted, throughout Sudan and the country has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. This brief examines interventions against child marriage in Sudan, which is best described ... -
Literature review on effects of interventions to reduce the prevalence of child marriage
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The Political, Research, Programmatic, and Social Responses to Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the 25 Years Since the International Conference on Population and Development
(Journal of Adolescent Health vol. 65 no. 6, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-01)Among the ground-breaking achievements of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was its call to place adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) on global health and development agendas. ... -
Traditional, but changing, cultural norms: Rural community views on child marriage in Algadaref State, Sudan
(CMI Report SWP 2017:4, Research report, 2017-12-01)This report investigates child marriage in Algadaref State, located in Sudan’s eastern region. Child marriage is a human rights violation affecting children’s and women’s rights to health, education, equality, ... -
Why campaigns to stop child marriage can backfire
(CMI Brief no. 2019:04, Report, 2019-03-01)