Leave no one behind: married girls in Jordan
publication
Leave no one behind: married girls in Jordan
21.07.2019 | Jordan
Country
Jordan
Capability domains
Bodily integrity and freedom from violence
Audience type
Policy maker or donor, Programme designer or implementer
Year of publication
2019
Authors
Elizabeth Presler-Marshall, Nicola Jones, Sarah Baird, Agnieszka Małachowska
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) commit to leaving no one behind and include a global target (SDG 5.3) to eliminate child marriage by 2030. To augment the evidence base on adolescents that are hardest to reach, our GAGE research sample explicitly includes not only girls at risk of child marriage, but those already married or divorced. Our findings in Jordan underscore the importance of outreach to ensure that policy, services and programmes engage with these highly vulnerable girls – especially those from marginalised refugee communities.
Suggested citation
Presler-Marshall, E., Jones, N., Baird, S. and Malachoswka, A. (2019) 'Leave no one behind: married girls in Jordan.' Policy Note. London: Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence. (https://www.gage.odi.org/publication/leave-no-one-behind-married-girls-in-jordan/)