Girls Not Bride: Resources on Child Marriage in South Asia

South Asia has the highest prevalence of child marriage globally with 1 out of 2 girls getting married off before the age of 18.  In Bangladesh, there has been recent concerns from civil society and rights activists on the possibility of lowering the age of marriage to 16 in a country where already over 60% of all girls are married by 16.

In the light of these pressing issues, it is important for practitioners and activists to have access to resources and information on child marriage to for their respective programmatic and policy interventions and advocacy.  Girls Not Bride, a global partnership of more than 500 civil society organisations from over 70 countries committed to ending child marriage and enabling girls to fulfill their potential, provides rich content and resources on wide number of issues relating to child marriage: http://www.girlsnotbrides.org/region/south-asia/

Reports,data, global/regional/national statistics on child marriage can be found on the site.