Deutsche Welle speaks to ICRW’s Priya Nanda on the issue of child marriage
Priya Nanda, Group Director, Reproductive and Economic Development at ICRW’s Asia Regional Office in New Delhi, India discusses the prevalence of child marriage in South Asia, what recent studies reveal on why it occurs and what needs to be done to eliminate this harmful practice.
RELATED CONTENT
view allPublication
02/21/2010
Child marriage factsheets
These factsheets discuss the harmful practice of child marriage and how it adversely affects the health, education and livelihoods of millions of adolescent girls. Also included are promising community-based approaches…
Publication
02/22/2010
New insights on preventing child marriage
What factors are associated with the risk of or protection from child marriage? What are the current programmatic approaches to prevent child marriage in developing countries, and are these programs…
Publication
02/21/2010
How to end child marriage: Action strategies for prevention and protection
Child marriage is a harmful traditional practice that perpetuates an unrelenting cycle of gender inequality, sickness and poverty. ICRW outlines successful community interventions that reduce child marriage rates.