Marriage: Children

(asked on 2nd March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to end child marriage worldwide.


Answered by
Wendy Morton Portrait
Wendy Morton
This question was answered on 5th March 2020

The UK remains resolute in our commitment to end child marriage, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. The UK’s Strategic Vision on Gender Equality is clear on this.

Through our flagship investments, DFID committed a total of £39 million over 5 years (2015-2020) to support international efforts to end child marriage, in twelve high prevalence countries across the world. Since 2015 the programme has reached over 7.7 million girls with schooling initiatives, skills training and girls’ clubs to prevent and respond to child marriage. Engagement with community and faith leaders has also shifted attitudes and practices related to girls’ rights, in programme areas reaching 4.2 million people.

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