Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage is an international

non-governmental organization A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in h ...

with the mission to end

child marriage Child marriage is a marriage or similar union, formal or informal, between a child under a certain age – typically 18 years – and an adult or another child. * * * * The vast majority of child marriages are between a female child and a ma ...

throughout the world. The organization was created by The Elders to enable small groups from around the world to address the common issue of early marriage. As of 2017, more than 700 organisations from over 85 countries are partnership members of Girls Not Brides. Less than 10 percent of partnership members are international organizations. Sixty-three percent of them focus their work in their own communities. Girls Not Brides worked to include ending child marriage in the

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for 2030. Girls Not Brides works alongside governments to develop, implement, and monitor strategies to end child marriage nationwide. Sharing information to better combat child marriage and raising public awareness of child marriage are the main goals of the national partnerships they have with Bangladesh, Ghana, Mozambique, the Netherlands, Nepal, Uganda, the United Kingdom and the United States.

History

The organization Girls Not Brides was started by The Elders in 2011 as a collaboration for organizations to work together to end child marriage. In October 2013, Girls Not Brides registered as an independent charity in England and Wales.

Goals and strategies

In their goal of working towards ending child marriage, Girls Not Brides intends to work alongside and facilitate other organizations working towards the same goal. Ways they intend to combat child marriage are focused on information sharing through discussion and raising awareness in communities on any level (whether local, national, or international). Girls Not Brides focused their 2017–2020 goals and strategies into six categories: Government, Global, Community, Funding, Learning, and Partnership. Government goals have adjusted from promoting national progress to making sure that high-prevalence countries are comprehensively undertaking child marriage. Girls Not Brides has also shifted their global goals from securing commitments to address child marriage into ensuring that the implementation of those commitments are supported by international and regional institutions. Community goals for Girls Not Brides centers on the importance of community-led approaches and the impact of community-based organizations. The organization's goals for funding tend to highlight dedicated resources in budgets and ensure an increase for community-based organizations. Girls Not Brides' final goal focuses on learning and research for child marriage and the effects of it, sharing the information, and ensuring that it is received and used in decision-making.

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* {{Authority control Child marriage Human rights organizations International nongovernmental organizations Organizations established in 2011 Women's rights organizations