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Awareness-Raising Initiatives on Child Marriage Prevention in Wajo District (2021–2023)
Type of Measure
Prevention > Awareness-raising Campaigns
Form of Violence
Child early and forced marriage
Year
2021
Brief Description
In Wajo District, South Sulawesi Province, meetings and awareness-raising activities on child marriage prevention have been conducted by Non-Subnational Gender Mainstreaming Focal Points, civil society organizations (CSOs), religious instructors, and Muslim community leaders, supported by a Local Head’s decree. These collaborative efforts contributed to a significant decrease in child marriage cases, from 694 in 2021 to 77 in 2023.
Source of Information
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