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Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch opposes all marriage of children under the age of 18, without exception, because of the devastating consequences for children who marry, the vast majority of whom are girls. HRW investigates and reports on abuses happening in all corners of the world and directs advocacy towards governments, pushing them to change or enforce…
Read MoreGirls Not Brides
Girls Not Brides is a global partnership of more than 1500 civil society organizations from over 100 countries committed to ending child marriage and enabling girls to fulfill their potential. With its partners, Girls Not Brides collaborates to prevent child marriage and support girls who are, have ever been married, raise awareness of the harmful…
Read MoreToo Young To Wed
Too Young to Wed (TYTW) envisions a world where every girl decides for herself if and when to marry, girls are free to be children and teens with access to gender-specific healthcare and all levels of education, and all girls are free to determine the course of their own lives. Learn More About Too Young…
Read MoreUNFPA- UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage
The UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage promotes the rights of adolescent girls to avert marriage and pregnancy, and enables them to achieve their aspirations through education and alternative pathways. The Global program empowers girls to direct their own futures and addresses the underlying conditions that sustain child marriage, advocating for laws and policies…
Read MoreEducate Girls Now
Educate Girls Now seeks to empower the daughters of Afghanistan through education and self-determination. As a project of the Global 500 Environmental Forum, Educate Girls Now’s grassroots approach to aid distribution prioritizes the education of female children, in a society where they are all too often an afterthought, by trying critical food and fuel aid…
Read MoreGirls First Fund
Girls First Fund is a donor collaborative supported by leading philanthropic organizations and individual philanthropists who have come together to champion community-led efforts so that all girls can live free from child marriage and create their own future. The Girls First Fund is focused on ending child marriage with grant making directed to community-based and…
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Human Rights Watch defends the rights and secures justice in nearly 100 countries worldwide, including a focus on women’s and children’s rights. Human Rights Watch is working toward the realization of women’s empowerment and gender equality by ending forced child marriage, human trafficking, and violence against women, including rape. They also aim to increase access…
Read MoreThe Tahirih Justice Center
The Tahirih Justice Center is a nonpartisan, secular organization founded on the principles of the Baháʼí Faith based in the U.S. yet serves the global community. While being survivor-centered and trauma-informed, they advance unity by celebrating and honoring our diverse beliefs and identities. They believe laws and systems too often benefit those with power and…
Read MoreMenEngage
Men Engage Alliance is a global alliance of dozens of country networks across many regions of the world, hundreds of non-governmental organizations, as well as UN partners. Through country-level and regional networks, MenEngage seeks to provide a collective voice on the need to engage men and boys in gender equality, to build and improve the…
Read MoreHeForShe
HeForShe is mobilizing the world for gender equality. As a United Nations movement that recognizes women’s rights as human rights, HeForShe is an invitation for men and people of all genders to stand in solidarity with women to create a bold, visible and united force for gender equality. By committing to initiatives such as annulling…
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