Every child deserves a happy and loving childhood filled with nurturing. Our dedication lies in guaranteeing that girls are given equal opportunities to learn, play, and flourish, thereby contributing to the development of a robust and healthy nation. Child marriage is a human rights violation. Despite laws against it, the practice remains widespread.

UNFPA is committed to delivering tangible, evidence-based solutions to child marriage, with an emphasis on efforts that are gender-transformative, can be scaled up, sustained, and produce measurable results. UNFPA works with governments and civil society partners at all levels to promote and protect the human rights of girls, including assisting with the development of sexual and reproductive health, gender and youth policies, programmes and services and to transform gender norms to end the practice of child marriage.