Child Marriage in Humanitarian Settings: Study Overview
The Women’s Refugee Commission conducted foundational research, providing some of the first robust evidence of the magnitude and drivers of child marriage across several humanitarian contexts. Click on a country label in the map below to learn more about our study results in that area. Note: Countries designated as “ongoing” do not currently have findings and are not clickable.
Key Implications for Practice
Based on WRC’s research providing some of the first robust evidence of the magnitude and drivers of child marriage across several humanitarian contexts, this infographic features five implications for practice.
Integrating the Response to Child Marriage in East Africa
“Child Marriage in Humanitarian Settings: Integrating the Response to Child Marriage” is a two-year initiative to engage feminist and women-led civil society organizations, experts, and practitioners to learn how best to enhance coordination and collaboration with humanitarian actors to end child marriage and support already married girls in forcibly displaced and crisis-affected communities in East Africa.
Resource Hub
WRC has a resource hub on this initiative, which includes a collection of briefings and reports that shares key learnings and insights from the initiative’s participatory action research and advocacy.
