Child marriage remains a global crisis, affecting 12 million girls each year, with 650 million child brides worldwide—40 million of whom are in the MENA region. Despite the scale of the issue, only a fraction of cases are reported annually. Conflict, displacement, and the COVID-19 pandemic have further worsened the situation in the region. In response, Terre des hommes (Tdh) has developed the Child Marriage Model of Action (MoA), a regional framework designed to guide effective, evidence-based interventions. The MoA offers technical direction for preventing and responding to child marriage, focusing on the protection, empowerment, and resilience of adolescent girls and young women, while also addressing masculine roles and identities. It includes a regional Theory of Change and an Intervention Matrix to align and enhance child marriage programming across the MENA region.
RAF's annual report for 2025 covers all achievements related to technical webinars, research, advocacy and coordinati
Programming to prevent and respond to child marriage in humanitarian settings is vital to the health, safety and well
RAF's annual report for 2024 covers all of our achievements related to technical webinars, research, advocacy and coo
