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Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Human rights of women The girl child Violence against women Women and HIV/AIDS Women and health
Geographic scope:	International
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health
Mission statement:	Members of Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage are committed to ending child marriage, a harmful traditional practice that affects millions of children, predominantly girls, every year. As members of Girls Not Brides, we are joining together to accelerate efforts to prevent child marriage, and to support girls who are or have been married, all over the world. Girls Not Brides will amplify the voices of girls at risk of child marriage and defend the rights of girls to health, education and the opportunity to fulfil their potential. In line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, we believe that 18 should be the minimum age of marriage for boys and girls. In working to end child marriage, we believe that social change cannot succeed without community engagement. Members of Girls Not Brides will work together to enhance and strengthen efforts to end child marriage at community, local, national and global levels. Specifically, Girls Not Brides aims to: •Raise awareness of the harmful impact of child marriage by encouraging open, inclusive and informed discussion at the community, local, national and international level; •Facilitate learning and coordination between organisations working to end child marriage; and •Mobilise all necessary policy, financial and other support to end child marriage. We will be more effective in achieving our objectives by working together than by working alone.
Year established:	2011
Year of registration:	2013
Organizational structure:	Registered company in England and Wales. In process of registering for charitable status. Secretariat based in London, overseen by a Board of Trustees. Informal support from an Advisory Committee.
Number and type of members:	We have over 700 member organisations in 85 countries around the world. Girls Not Brides members vary in size, location, and the type of work they do – from the grassroots groups working to end child marriage and support child brides in their communities, to international NGOs seeking to bring global attention to this neglected problem. The members work across a broad range of sectors, including human rights, health, education and economic empowerment. This is a crucial characteristic of the Partnership, given the importance of a cross-sectoral approach to addressing child marriage.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	We are an NGO network, and we also work closely with other related partnerships and networks including the White Ribbon Alliance and IPPF.
Funding structure other:	Funding for charitable foundations

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