High Stakes for Young Lives

Report from Women and Foreign Policy Program

High Stakes for Young Lives

Examining Strategies to Stop Child Marriage

Report by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon and Lynn S. ElHarake

April 2014 , 17 Pages

Report

Overview

There is no single strategy for eliminating child marriage globally. Ending the practice will require a combination of legal frameworks, education policies, enforcement standards, attitude shifts, and economic incentives. Even with growing attention paid to the dangerous consequences of child marriage, a solid understanding about what works and what does not in combatting the practice remains elusive.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy

Lynn S. ElHarake

Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy Gayle Tzemach Lemmon and Research Associate Lynn S. ElHarake examine the social, economic, and cultural factors driving child marriage in order to help policymakers and civil society leaders curb, and eventually eliminate, child marriage.

Authors

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy

Lynn S. ElHarake

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