Ending Child Marriage, One Play at a Time
Laws against child marriage are important, but groups like Aahung are showing how community outreach is just as critical.
Our Top Wins in 2015
2015 was a momentous year for women—a year of impressive achievements but also extreme hardship. Here are our highlights for 2015.
Meet Our Partner: ALVF-Cameroon
Based in the Extreme North region of Cameroon, ALVF works to end all forms of gender-based violence, including child marriage. In this video, ALVF founder Sike Bille speaks with IWHC President Françoise Girard about how she established ALVF and began her work to end child marriage.
United States Once Again Embraces Sexual Rights−with a Catch
This fall, the Obama Administration made a decision that seems to be a step forward for sexual rights. But is it?
Africa Highlights Campaign to End Child Marriage at Landmark Summit
Africa has the highest rates of child marriage in the world—1 in 3 girls are married before the age of 18—so the issue demands immediate action there.
Meet Our Partner: APAD-Cameroon
APAD works to prevent child marriage and support survivors so they are able to tell their stories, demand social change, and survive on their own.
African Girls Summit to Highlight Continent’s Campaign to End Child Marriage
IWHC partners from Cameroon will be on hand to provide expert opinions on successful strategies.
Bringing Child Marriage into Focus:
Four Dynamic Women Share their Stories
A travelogue At the end of October, IWHC brought four inspiring women from northern Cameroon to the United States to participate in Girl Summit DC and to advocate for the U.S. Government to do more to end child marriage. All of the women have been touched by child marriage in some way and are…
Girl Summit DC Highlights Solutions to End Child Marriage Globally
Nearly 200 advocates, experts, and US government officials gathered at Girl Summit DC to discuss emerging research and effective strategies for ending child marriage.
Girl Summit DC 2015
Nearly 200 advocates, policy experts, and US government officials gathered in Washington, D.C. at Girl Summit DC to discuss emerging research on child marriage and share effective strategies for ending the practice.