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A wide range of factors place girls at risk of child marriage, including the persistence of gender inequality and social norms that value women less and consider them to belong to their husband’s family, the ineffective implementation of existing legal provisions prohibiting child marriage, and barriers in accessing
- POLICY BRIEF: NEPAL - UNFPA Asiapacific
Quilt.AI, in partnership with the UNFPA Asia Pacific...
- POLICY BRIEF: NEPAL - UNFPA Asiapacific
Nepal has registered a substantial reduction in child marriage with a drop of more than 20 per cent in just five years, between 2006 and 201111. Yet, Nepal has the 16th highest prevalence rate of child marriage in the world and the 17th highest absolute number of child brides – 662,000.
UNICEF's report on ending child marriage in Nepal.
This fact sheet was prepared by UNFPA Nepal for the purpose of informing parliamentarians, policymakers, political parties, civil society leaders, development partners, women, young people and the general public. Factsheet child marriage.pdf. Reports and Analysis.
Quilt.AI, in partnership with the UNFPA Asia Pacific Regional Office, combines digital research and artificial intelligence to understand people’s behaviours and attitudes towards child marriage in Nepal. https://www.unicef.org/nepal/media/401/file/Ending%20Child%20Marriage%20in%20Nepal.pdf.
Nepali boys are among the most likely in the world to be child grooms. More than one in ten is married before they reach 18. Child marriage is a human rights violation, restricting children’s choices, changing their course in life, and putting them at significant risk of abuse and violence.
Topics. Child Protection, Protection of Children from Violence. Keywords. Caste system, Child marriage, Child protection, Gender discrimination, Positive discipline, Rural communities. Child marriage is a global problem which affects millions of people across the world.
