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CCP Finds Success in Reducing Child Marriage in Malawi

In Malawi, 42 percent of girls are married before their 18th birthday. With the help of CCP, that is slowly changing.

Celebrating the Successes of CCP Health Program in Bangladesh

Akiya Akhter, married as a teen, was able to postpone having a baby until she was 20. Aproma Marma, after losing her first child to malnutrition when elders insisted that she eat and sleep less during pregnancy, now has a healthy two-year-old. Mahbuba Siddiqua changed

One Million Signatures to End Child Marriage in Bangladesh

“It may seem that it is only the adolescent girls are the victims of child marriage,” CCP’s Faisal Mahmud says. “But in reality, child marriage brings worse consequences to the family and to the whole nation.”

Empowering Girls to Avoid Child Marriage in Bangladesh

With the help of counseling provided by CCP, one teen convinced her parents to halt an arranged marriage so she could finish her education and delay pregnancy until she is older.

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CCP Finds Success in Reducing Child Marriage in Malawi

Empowering Girls to Avoid Child Marriage in Bangladesh

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