EGYPT - Regional Study on Child Marriage 1. UNICEF Middle East and North Africa Regional O ce. EGYPT. Country Brief. UNICEF Regional Study on Child Marriage. In
Child marriage refers to children who get married before reaching the age of 5 UNICEF 2014. A Statistical Snapshot of Violence against Adolescent Girls ...
Suggested citation: United Nations Children's Fund. Towards Ending Child Marriage: Global trends and profiles of progress
Sources: The data on child marriage that appear in all the charts in this chapter are from UNICEF global databases 2021
Still approximately 650 million girls and women alive today were married before their 18th birthday. Child marriage is an egregious violation of every child's
The photos in this publication are drawn from an award-winning communications campaign on child marriage launched by UNICEF Dominican Republic.
٠٩/١٢/٢٠٢٠ Yemen is home to 4 million child brides. Of these 1.4 million married before age 15. Source: UNICEF global databases
According to a recent multi- country secondary analysis conducted by UNICEF and ESCWA on the impact of conflict on children child marriage was one of the
٠٩/١٢/٢٠٢٠ Niger is home to 5 million child brides. Of these 1.9 million married before age 15. Source: UNICEF global databases
The UNICEF West and Central Africa. Regional Office has also prioritized it as one of our eight Key Results for Children. Our strategic approach to ending the
What is UNICEF's Global Programme to end child marriage?
In 2016, UNICEF, together with UNFPA, launched the Global Programme to End Child Marriage. Empowering young girls at risk of marriage or already in union, the programme have reached more than 14 million adolescent girls with life-skills training, comprehensive sexuality education and school attendance support since 2016.
What data do you need to know about child marriage?
Data sources: The analysis on trends in child marriage is based on the prevalence of the practice as measured in the DHS 2000, 2005, 2011 and 2016. Data on GDP per capita are from the World Bank and OECD, 2021. Data on poverty are from the World Bank, 2021. Data on education are from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2020.
What is child marriage & how does it affect girls?
Child marriage threatens the lives, well-being and futures of girls around the world. Child marriage refers to any formal marriage or informal union between a child under the age of 18 and an adult or another child.
Will child marriage be eliminated by 2030?
Despite global advances, reductions are not fast enough to meet the target of eliminating the practice by 2030. In fact, at the current rate, it will take another 300 years until child marriage is eliminated.