Summary

This submission by the Global Campaign for Equality in Family Law, with support from Equality Now and WLP, provides evidence-based, action-oriented guidance for preventing and eliminating child, early, and forced marriage. It highlights effective legal reforms, policy measures, and community-based interventions, including setting the minimum age of marriage at 18 without exceptions, promoting gender equality in family law, supporting survivors, and engaging communities to shift harmful norms. Drawing on case studies from Sri Lanka and Indonesia, and contributions from WLP partners in Egypt (FWID) and Indonesia (WYDII), the report demonstrates practical approaches for protecting the rights of women and girls in diverse cultural and legal contexts.