Child brides, global consequences : how to end child marriage / Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Lynn S. ElHarake.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lemmon, Gayle Tzemach, author.

ElHarake, Lynn S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's rights.

Child marriage--Law and legislation.

Child marriage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (58 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Council on Foreign Relations, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One-third of the world's girls are married before the age of eighteen, limiting both their educational and economic potential. Child marriage is damaging to global prosperity and stability, yet despite the urgency of the issue, there remains a significant lack of data on the subject. CFR Senior Fellow Gayle Tzemach Lemmon discusses both the factors that contribute to and strategies that have proved effective against child marriage.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; High Stakes for Young Lives: Examining Strategies to Stop Child Marriage; Introduction; Background; Strategies for Ending Child Marriage; Recommendations; Endnotes; Fragile States, Fragile Lives: Child Marriage Amid Disaster and Conflict; Introduction; The Status of Women and Girls in Fragile States; Drivers of Child Marriage in Fragile States: Poverty, Lack of Education, and Insecurity; Recommendations; Endnotes; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 25, 2015).

ISBN:

0-87609-592-9