Dear friend,

We’re thrilled to share the Girls Not Brides 2024 Impact Report, highlighting a year of remarkable progress in our global journey to end child marriage.

In 2024, our global Partnership stood strong in the face of growing challenges — from conflict and economic instability to shrinking civic space. Together, we continued to drive collective action to end child marriage.

Through support to National and State Partnerships and coalitions, advocacy with policymakers and funders, and evidence-sharing, together we shaped national policy, unlocked major political and funding breakthroughs, and advanced evidence to guide action.

Explore our 🔗2024 Impact Report to explore how our collective achievements are building a more equal future for girls everywhere.

📢 NEWS & OPINION

Opinion: A Turning Point in Pakistan’s Fight to End Child Marriage

The Child Marriage Restraint Act 2025 for Islamabad Capital Territory

Zara Agha, Qamar Naseem, and Hira Naz Awan from the Girls Not Brides Pakistan coalition reflect on the significance and implications of the recently passed Islamabad Capital Territory Child Marriage Restraint Act. By setting the minimum legal age of marriage at 18 for both boys and girls, this law marks a crucial breakthrough, sparking hope among human rights advocates and gender justice campaigners alike.

📝 EVENTS & WEBINARS

From Announcement to Action: Accelerating Progress Towards Ending Child Marriage

At the 2024 Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children in Bogotá, over 370 pledges were made by more than 100 countries, many focused on ending child marriage. Now, the challenge is turning those pledges into meaningful, lasting change.

Join us on 30 July for a special 90-minute Digital Dialogue, co-hosted by Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage, WHO and UNICEF, to explore how countries are following through on their pledges – and what more can be done. The session will include deep-dives on efforts being made in countries such as Malawi, Pakistan, Colombia and Canada to turn their commitments into action.

COMING SOON

New editorial series: Mool Stories

This new editorial series dives deep into the roots of child, early, and forced marriage and union (CEFMU) in South Asia, exploring the complex norms, power structures, and quiet resistances that shape them. "Mool"—meaning roots in Hindi, Nepali, and Bengali—is both metaphor and method. These stories are told through lived experiences and insights from grassroots organisation leaders, working at the Mool—from the root, and with the root. These stories are a metaphor for how every transformation is continuous, much like movements themselves: growing, evolving, and alive.

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