Category: Child Marriage

January 29, 2024

Unlocking Lives: Why Reproductive Health Education Empowers Ethnic Youth

Imagine a world where young girls from ethnic communities aren’t trapped by unplanned pregnancies and forced marriages. A world where they hold the key to their futures, armed with knowledge about their bodies and the […]

December 19, 2023

Beyond Marriage: Empowering Girls to Be More Than Brides

Child marriage remains a concerning issue, particularly in Southeast Asia. Previous studies have highlighted its detrimental effects on women’s vulnerability, impacting fertility control, maternal health care, and human rights. In northern Thailand, historical biases favouring […]

September 25, 2023

Breaking the Pattern: Combating Child Marriage

The damaging practice of child marriage pushes girls into a life of exploitation and abuse while denying them the right to escape. Addressing the systemic causes that underpin child marriage is necessary for its prevention.

March 13, 2023

Earthquake Aftermath on Women and Girls in Syria and Türkiye

Disaster struck the northwest region of Syria and Southeast Türkiye on February 6, 2023. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake wreaked havoc and destruction, with over 300 aftershocks including a magnitude 6.5 earthquake on February 20. The […]

November 25, 2018

How It All Started: Nunnaree’s Story is CFG’s Story

Forced by social norms telling her that only boys should receive an education after elementary school and the economic ‘burden’ of raising a girl, Nunnaree Luangmoi dropped out of school in northern Thailand at age […]

May 7, 2018

Too Much, Too Young

A total of 650 million: This is the number of all girls and women alive in 2017 who were married as children as the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) estimated in its most recent annual […]