In a growing number of countries, parliamentarians have been acting to prevent child marriage.
Join the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage, Girls Not Brides and the UN Special Research Programme HRP, to learn more about what actions parliamentarians are taking to stimulate and support prevention efforts:
Simultaneous interpretation will be available in English, French, Spanish
Who is the webinar for?
The webinar will bring together parliamentarians, government officials, civil society representatives and United Nations representatives, with the aim of:
- Sharing information about the current state of child marriage globally and the impact of COVID-19
- Discussing tangible actions that parliamentarians can take to prevent child marriage and respond to it in the time of COVID-19
- Promoting dialogue between parliamentarians and other stakeholders working on child marriage prevention at the national and global levels
About the collaboration: WHO is partnering to engage parliamentarians in advocating with their governments and other stakeholders on efforts to address child marriage in the context of COVID-19. Continued investment, attention, and holding decision-makers accountable are critical actions for ending child marriage at the country level.
About the problem: 12 million girls are married before the age of 18 every year. Child, early and forced marriage is a truly global problem, and the landscape is evolving rapidly. There are new findings from research studies and evaluations, while programmes that were in place and being strengthened and scaled before the COVID-19 pandemic, have been affected. Child, early and forced marriage is fueled by gender inequality, poverty, social norms and insecurity.
Ending it will improve the health of millions of girls. Join the webinar to learn more.