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VOICES April 2026
Dear friend,
Every year, 12 million girls are married before the age of 18.
That’s 23 girls every minute.
Ending child marriage is urgent — and it is achievable. But progress is not happening fast enough.
Today, Girls Not Brides is launching a new strategy [[link removed]] and refreshed identity, focused on accelerating impact by 2030.
Our goal is clear: to help reduce child marriage from 1 in 5 girls to 1 in 7 girls by 2030.
As a global partnership of more than 1,400 organisations across nearly 100 countries, we are bringing together those best placed to drive change — connecting global action with country-level impact.
This next chapter is about going further, faster, together. We won’t stop until child marriage ends — for good.
Read our strategy [[link removed]] IN CASE YOU MISSED IT International funding to end child marriage: reviewing a decade of investment
A new report by Girls Not Brides [[link removed]] and Girls First Fund [[link removed]], with input from Publish What You Fund [[link removed]] analyses a decade of international funding to better understand the funding landscape to end child marriage.
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New report on the international funding landscape
Together, We Can End Child Marriage: Reflections from CSW70
Girls, governments, and partners came together at the 70th Commission on the Status of Women with one shared conviction: ending child marriage cannot wait, and we can do It together.
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Dr Faith Mwangi-Powell speaking The flagship event Together, We Can End Child Marriage, by Joe Baron / Girls Not Brides
Beyond punitive responses and viral headlines
Understanding child marriage and early unions in Mexico, and their relationship with adolescent pregnancy, beyond viral headlines and sanctions.
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Puerto Barrios, Livingston, by Priscilla Mora Flores/ Colectivo Nómada /Girls Not Brides
Departure of Girls Not Brides’ CEO Dr Faith Mwangi-Powell
After seven years of service, Girls Not Brides’ Chief Executive Officer, Dr Faith Mwangi-Powell, has announced she will be stepping down in Summer 2026.
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