Overview

Child and forced marriage (CFM) are a human rights violation and a harmful practice that disproportionately affects women and girls globally, preventing them from living their lives free from all forms of violence. It threatens the lives and futures of girls and women around the world, robbing them of their agency to make decisions about their lives, disrupting their education, making them more vulnerable to violence, discrimination and abuse, and preventing their full participation in economic, political and social spheres. The UNSDG call for global action to end this human rights violation by 2030. Ethiopia has also outlawed child marriage, however, the prevalence of girls marrying before age 18 remains high. This is attributed to various economical, social and cultural situations. As a result, UNICEF selected End Child Marriage as a flagship prgramme to contribute to successfully implement the National Costed Roadmap to End Child Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation (2020-2024) and to accelerate progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal number 5.3: Eliminate all harmful practices. The Purpose of End Child Marriage flagship result evaluation is to asses effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and sustainability of the cross-sectoral inputs.

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