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Date
2021
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Journal of Adolescent Health
Abstract
Child marriage continues to be an important public health
and social challenge even in the 21st century. Globally, approximately
12 million girls are married as children annually and,
prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was estimated that over 120
million additional girls would be married as children by 2030 if
programs to prevent child marriage are not accelerated [1]. Sub-
Saharan Africa carries the greatest prevalence of child marriage,
with approximately 35% of women married before the age of 18,
followed by South Asia with nearly 30% [1]. Although child
marriage rates are declining globally, the decline is uneven across
regions, between countries and within countries [2]. The greatest
reductions have been observed in South Asia and the least in sub-
Saharan Africa, but the situation could well be exacerbated by the
COVID-19 pandemic, which threatens to slow down progress
[3,4]. Child marriage has far-reaching impacts. Low- and middleincome
countries are estimated to lose trillions of dollars because
of child marriage by 2030 [5], the date set by the Sustainable
Development Goals for the elimination of the practice [6].
There has been a huge increase in research and in concerted
program implementation efforts to prevent child marriage; as a
result, a range of effective interventions have been identified [7].
However, more needs to be done to ensure that proven interventions
are appropriately selected to match local contexts
and implemented at scale with quality and equity to achieve the
desired impacts.
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Keywords
Context Matters, Child Marriage
Citation
Muthengi, E., Olum, R., & Chandra-Mouli, V. (2021). Context Matters—One Size Does Not Fit All When Designing Interventions to Prevent Child Marriage. Journal of Adolescent Health, 69(6), S1-S3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.09.018