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IMPACT CASE STUDY Influencing policy on child marriage in India and Ethiopia

June, 2018
  • Youth and Gender
Young Lives Impact Case Study
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This Young Lives impact case study describes our influence of policy on child marriage in India and Ethiopia. For related impact stories, please follow us on Twitter @yloxford.

In overview:

  • Most countries worldwide have either banned child marriage or are working towards a ban, but the practice persists. Millions of children, mainly girls, are affected, especially those from poor backgrounds. Child marriage has serious economic, educational and health consequences.
  • Young Lives research reveals the extent of child marriage in the four study countries, and also the severity of its impact on the life chances of girls in particular.
  • In India, Young Lives evidence has contributed directly to a change in the law which makes sex with a wife who is a child an offence of rape.
  • In Ethiopia, Young Lives has highlighted the complexity of factors affecting child marriage, and shared findings with the Ethiopian Government and other influential stakeholders including UNICEF and the Population Council.

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