Youth-led Research Results and Recommendations
<Â Â Â Previous page People and local institutions addressing links between adolescent sexuality and child marriage This section uses insights from girls and practitioners working on the local level to explore who is influential and should be included in community engagement when designing and implementing interventions that address the link between
<Â Â Â Previous page Tackling the Taboo: Sexuality & Gender transformative programs to end child, early and forced marriages and unions This report focuses on the need to address patriarchy, gender, and sexuality within child marriage programming. It was developed by the Child, Early, and Forced Marriage and Sexuality Working Group,
<   Previous page Why Address Sexuality in Child Marriage Programming? Here, readers can learn about different pathways by which social norms regarding girls’ sexuality can lead to child marriages. Although gender inequity and norms concerning girls’ sexuality are significant drivers of child marriage, these are often insufficiently addressed by common
<   Previous page Youth-Led Researchers In the More Than Brides Alliance (MTBA) learning project, research evidence is combined with implementation experience on the linkages between adolescent sexuality of girls and child marriage. To capture the perspectives of girls and young women themselves, Youth-Led Research will be implemented in 5 countries on
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<Â Â Â Previous page How Does Pregnancy Influence Child Marriage? Child marriage as a response to the perceived risk of pre-marital pregnancy In many contexts where child marriage is common, pre-marital sex is highly stigmatised, especially for adolescent girls. Furthermore, marriage is viewed as a protective factor against the perceived risk
<Â Â Â Previous page The Learning Exchange Facility What is the Learning Exchange Facility? As part of the More Than Brides Alliance learning project, the Learning Spark Fund is a participatory grant mechanism designed to stimulate learning as broadly and creatively as possible on the theme of adolescent girl sexuality
<   Previous page Barriers to addressing sexuality in child marriage programmes There are many challenges programmes face in addressing adolescent girls’ sexuality and the links between sexuality and child marriage. In many contexts, sex and sexuality are taboo topics, which are extremely difficult to discuss openly, particularly with children