Guidance on Child Marriage
Programming for married girls and girls at risk of child marriage in forced displacement and crisis settings
A collaboration between UNHCR and Plan International to strengthen programming and humanitarian response actions to prevent and respond to the practice of child marriage.
While crises and displacement can heighten risks and vulnerabilities for girls and their families, child marriage must never be accepted as an inevitable or unavoidable consequence.
This new programming and learning resource is a collaborative partnership between UNHCR and Plan International.
It guides UNHCR, Plan International and partner staff to understand child marriage, its causes and consequences in forced displacement and crisis settings, and how to design and implement adolescent girl-responsive and multisectoral strategies.
Throughout you will find examples of programmes and partnerships, as well as tools and resources, including on specialised services such as case management.
The Guidance on Child Marriage is applicable in the full range of settings in which UNHCR and Plan operate. It includes specific protection considerations for refugee situations, including on refugee protection procedures and offers guidance for handling child marriage cases during refugee registration, refugee status determination and durable solutions procedures.
To learn about the top 5 actions to prevent and respond to child marriage through humanitarian programming, watch this video available in Arabic, English, French or Japanese.
To learn more about child marriage programming in crisis and forced displacement settings, see UNHCR and Plan International’s online learning series on Kaya, available for free in English or French.
Download the guidance
UNHCR/Plan International – Child Marriage Guidance
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** French language version coming soon.
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