Turning Point

Change the Course for Adolescent Girls
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Turning Point Stories

Jennifer Abrahamson recounts her recent visit to Haryana, India where ICRW is doing an evaluation of an innovative government program that uses cash to encourage families to keep their daughters in school instead of marrying them off at a young age.

Millions of girls around the globe are forced to marry each year. Wives and mothers, but still children, many married girls spend their days largely invisible to others. This is story offers a rare glimpse into the lives of child brides in Ethiopia and how ICRW is making a difference for them.

Prachi and older brother Dhiraj say they get along much better since participating in a school-based ICRW program that works with boys and girls to promote gender equality.

A pilot program designed by ICRW in Tanzania begins to shift social norms that make adolescent girls more at risk of HIV infection and unwanted pregnancies. It offers a promising – and needed – model that can be applied in a variety of settings.

Indian girl who convinced her parents not to marry her when she was a teenager is now pursuing a career as an educator. 

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