Tag : Policy
Girls Not Brides UK: Policy Brief
Author: Girls Not Brides UK
Publication: October 11, 2013
This report outlines the need to end the harmful human rights violation that is child marriage and provides recommendations for UK government action.
A Childhood Lost
Author: The UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development, and Reproductive Health
Publication: November 2012
This report provides an overview of child marriage in the UK and the developing world, including the causes and consequences of child marriage and policy recommendations.
Child Marriage in South Asia: International and Constitutional Legal Standards and Jurisprudence for Promoting Accountability and Change
Author: The Center for Reproductive Rights
Publication: 2013
This report focuses on the issue of child marriage in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, and outlines government obligations to be accountable for such abuses.
Empowering Girls: What the Commonwealth can do to end early and forced marriage
Author: Royal Commonwealth Society & Plan International
Publication: September 29, 2011
This guide provides recommendations for actions the Commonwealth can take to end the practices of early and forced marriage in Australia.
