Thursday, March 26

How a 'Big-Push' Community Intervention Reduced Child Marriage by 80%

A groundbreaking study published in Nature reveals a community-based 'big-push' intervention that reduced child marriage rates by an unprecedented 80% in northern Nigeria. The Pathways to Choice program demonstrates how bundled interventions addressing multiple barriers simultaneously can transform entrenched social norms. This comprehensive approach, tested through a rigorous cluster-randomized trial, shows that meaningful change is possible even in regions where 80% of girls traditionally marry before age 18. The findings offer a powerful model for global efforts to end child marriage and its associated negative impacts on education, health, and economic opportunity.

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