Year of Publication : 2021
More Than Brides Alliance (MTBA) is a Global Alliance of four international Agencies- Save the Children, Netherlands (SC), Oxfam Novib (ON), Population Council (PC), and Simavi and is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Alliance aims to empower young people to make informed choices about marriage and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). It is implementing an integrated and holistic Child Marriage programme named ‘Marriage No Child’s Play’ (MNCP) in India, Pakistan, Malawi, Mali and Niger. VHAI implemented MNCP in Odisha as SIMAVI partner.
The document summarizes the learnings from implementation of the MTBA Child Marriage Programme Model in the four states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Rajasthan in India. The document entails experiential learning from applying a comprehensive model in collaboration with several national and international partner organisations and multiple stakeholders in combating Child Marriage. As one of the several learning and knowledge harvesting (LKH) documents developed by the Alliance, this document will serve as a reference tool for policy makers, researchers, and civil society organizations for designing programmes on this grave concern.
