K E Y P O I N T S
- Today, 1 out of 6 Filipina girls are married before they are 18 years old.
- Child marriage is a human rights violation that disrupts the development and growth of young girls, leading to teenage pregnancy, lower educational attainment and employability, higher risk of domestic violence.
Key action points:
- Ensure evidence-based policy formulation and programmatic interventions for both prevention and mitigation of child marriage;
- Empower adolescent girls and place them at the center of programming efforts;
- Pursue transformational change in social norms for eliminating child marriage, also by engaging men/boys, parents and community leaders.
