Going door to door to end child marriage in Nepal
In Nepal, 40% of all girls are married in childhood, before they turn 18. Chandani is determined to change that.
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Through a girls' empowerment programme, she supports girls in her community to say no to marriage. She also talks to parents and urges them to let their daughters continue their education.
The global programme
The UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage has three aims:
- adolescent girls at risk of, or affected by, child marriage make their own informed decisions about marriage, education and sexual and reproductive health;
- the relevant systems and institutions respond well to the needs of adolescent girls and their families;
- the legal and political response is stronger, to prevent child marriage and to support pregnant, married, divorced or widowed adolescent girls.