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National Action Plan to Eliminate Early and Child Marriage 2017
Type of Measure
Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence
Child early and forced marriage
Year
2017
Brief Description
The Afghan Ministries of Information and Culture (MoIC) and Women's Affairs (MoWA) with the support from the Embassy of Canada and UNFPA (the United Nations Population Fund) launched the “National Action Plan to Eliminate Early and Child Marriage” in 2017.

The National Action Plan to Eliminate Early and Child Marriage attempts to reform and amend the legal framework to protect the rights of women and girls by:
➢ Criminalizing violence against women and traditional practices that are harmful to women and girls, including forced and child marriages.
➢ Informing all government agencies about the legal provisions to eliminate violence against women, forced and child marriages, as well as the institutions in place to assist women facing such crimes
➢ Reducing the constraints to girls’ and women's access to education, with special emphasis on early child marriages, sexual harassment, and physical access.
Source of Information

Afghanistan's submission for National Review for Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, Beijing+25, 2019, p.56

For more information: UNFPA Afghanistan

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