Taking stock of the UNICEF-UNFPA programme to end child marriage in Uganda
Child marriage remains a challenge in Uganda, which has about five million child brides. This video takes stock of the UNICEF-UNFPA Global Programme to End Child Marriage in the country.
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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to put thousands of girls at risk of child marriage.
Now in its second phase, the programme and its partners use a mix of holistic, rights-based strategies. These include:
- promoting girls' right to delay marriage;
- tackling the conditions that keep the practice in place;
- caring for girls who are already married.