Child Marriage in the Context of Covid-19
© UNICEF/UNI281136/Herwig CHILD MARRIAGE IN THE CONTEXT OF COVID-19 Analysis of trends, programming and UNICEF MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REGIONAL OFFICE alternative approaches in the Middle UNFPA ARAB STATES REGIONAL OFFICE East and North Africa June 2021 CHILD MARRIAGE IN THE CONTEXT OF COVID-19 Acknowledgments This analysis was conceived under the technical guidance of Indrani Sarkar, Child Protection Specialist (Social Norms and Harmful Practices), UNICEF Middle East and North Africa Regional Office (MENARO) in collaboration with Shadia Elshiwy, Regional Programme Analyst- Harmful Practices, UNFPA Arab States Regional Office (ASRO). The study would not have been complete without the invaluable inputs provided by UNICEF and UNFPA country office col- leagues from the six country offices of Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Sudan, Yemen and local partners. Special thanks to- Mariyampillai Mariyaselvam & Ruba Khawafa - UNICEF Jordan, Pamela di Camillo - UNFPA Jordan, Reem El Sherbini & Salma El Fawal - UNICEF Egypt, May El Sallab – UNFPA Egypt, Dekha David - UNICEF Djibouti, Soufrane Mohamed, Ai- cha Djama & Doualeh Robleh – UNFPA Djibouti, Malika El Atifi & Saadia Sifi - UNICEF Morocco, Omayma Ashour & Laila Acharai- UNFPA Morocco, Tamador Ahmed Abdalla - UNICEF Sudan, El Habib Hamdok - UNFPA Sudan, Nafisa Bedri - Afhad University Khartoum, Estelle-Emile Dade - UNICEF Yemen, Ahmed Ibrahim, Ali Abdulelah & Salwa El Azzani - UNFPA Yemen Matilda Branson - Girls not Brides, Marta Gil Gonzales - Terre des hommes Also, many thanks to- The African Organization for Common Ground and UNICEF Morocco for facilitating the distribution of questionnaires with adolescents and youth in Morocco. The NGO ACDA in Assiut, Upper Egypt and UNICEF Egypt for facilitating the focus group discussions with community lead- ers and service providers and the NGO ACT in Assiut for inputs provided for the questionnaire.
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