Blog examines potential health implications of global child marriage act for women, girls

Aug 18 2012

In this post in Management Sciences for Health's (MSH) "Global Health Impact" blog, Belkis Giorgis, senior technical advisor for the Leadership Management and Governance Project at MSH, reports on the International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act (House Resolution 6087), which "establishes a strategy to prevent child marriage and promote the empowerment of girls." She writes, "If passed into law, the International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act must be implemented in a matter that views the long-term resolution of child marriage as ensuring that young girls are kept in school," adding, "Most importantly, the legislation must provide effective means to enforce it, to ensure long-term health impact for young women and girls" (8/16).