Laws and policies to address child, early and forced marriages and unions

Colleagues from the SWG, UNFPA, and collaborating organizations  shared evidence and experiences on working with the law to prevent CEFMU and support adolescent girls. Speakers outlined nine areas of global guidance for legal reform that policymakers and advocates can adapt to their local context to ensure adolescent girls’ rights, agency, and bodily autonomy are upheld.

Speakers:

• Jose Roberto Luna, UNFPA

• Rahinatu Adamu Hussaini, Save the Children International 

• Laura Nyirinkindi, United Nations Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls 

• Gabriela García Patiño, International Planned Parenthood Federation 

• Guillermina Edith Juárez Leyva, Centro de Estudios y Fortalecimiento Comunitario Mano Vuelta A.C.

• Gabrielle Hosein, Institute of Gender and Development Studies, University of West Indies 

• Madhu Mehra, Partners for Law in Development 

• Binita Pandey, Women's Rehabilitation Center 

• Margaret Greene, GreeneWorks

Moderator: Sarah Green, CEFMU and Sexuality Working Group

Watch the webinar recording here.

Read the joint publication Laws and Policies to Address Child, Early, and Forced Marriage and Unions: Guidance Grounded in Human Rights Principles, Evidence, and Adolescent Girls’ Lived Realities