Over 600 million women and girls alive today were married in their childhood. Child marriage is a violation of human rights and impacts women & girls, societies & economies Proud of 🇬🇧 global leadership to help eliminate child marriage. #SDG5 #UNGA2023

Unleash the power of data for a brighter world! 🌍💡 From pinpointing vital needs to optimizing resource allocation, data fuels our journey. At #UNGA78 partners recommitted to ignite change and ensure every girl's potential shines to #EndChildMarriage

TODAY: Announcing the global launch of the Child Marriage Data Portal. Whether you seek data to inform policy, guide programming, shape advocacy, mobilize resources or assess progress, this resource puts reliable and up-to-date data at your fingertips. 🔗childmarriagedata.org

On this #InternationalDayofEducation, join us in exploring data on the linkages between schooling and child marriage. The Child Marriage Data Portal offers data-driven insights, for instance: 87% of married adolescent girls are out of school. 🔗childmarriagedata.org

Data are essential to understanding girls' risk of child marriage, and where interventions can make the greatest impact. Global leaders and development partners came together at #UNGA79 to discuss how data can light the path to a world without child marriage.

🗓️ On Sept 24, the Governments of Canada 🇨🇦 and Zambia 🇿🇲, with Child Marriage Monitoring Mechanism, hosted a high-level event during to strategize on ending #ChildMarriage and accelerating progress towards SDG 5.3 by 2030. #UNGA79 ✨Catch the key takeaways in the thread below!

On #DayOfTheGirl, reflecting on the importance of education in offering a better future for girls Data show us that: 📚 If all girls finished secondary school, #childmarriage globally would likely fall by two thirds

Every girl has the right to access education, make her own choices and be protected from violence. Child marriage takes away these rights. At the current pace, the world is 300 years away from ending this harmful practice. We all have a role in stopping it. Act now. #GirlGoals

🇨🇴We celebrate the news from Colombia, where a bill banning child marriage has been passed. Nearly a quarter of girls in Colombia are married in childhood, and in total, over four million girls and women in the country were child brides. 🔗Learn more: childmarriagedata.org/country-profil…

Excited to see a focus on data at #CSW69 📊 UNICEF's e-learning course on harmful practices data launches this week, and is open to all!

🎓 If all girls completed secondary school, child marriage could be reduced by as much as two-thirds. High quality education empowers adolescents to take charge of their health & futures. It can also help them challenge gender inequalities that drive child marriage & early