Sexual Reproductive Health Rights –Marriage: No Child’s Play (MNCP) project in Pakistan:

The brief summarizes key achievements of the More than Brides Alliance (MTBA) project “Marriage: No Child’s Play” (MNCP) in Shikarpur and Larkana districts of Sindh province.

The More Than Brides Alliance brings together international partners to empower girls to decide if and when to get married and to make informed choices about their sexual and reproductive health and rights. This alliance aims to reduce child marriages and its adverse effects on young women and girls in India, Pakistan, Malawi, Niger and Mali. The Alliance thus offers a multi-pronged approach of equipping adolescents with necessary skills and information, increasing their access to services and opportunities, and building their capacity, while at the same time shifting social norms related to marriage formation, Sexual Reproductive Health Rights, and gender equality. The key objective of the MTBA’s program “Marriage No Child’s Play” was to help young people decide if and when to marry and pursue their sexual and reproductive rights in a supportive environment. The project’s main components include different training on life skills, advocacy, girls’ education, economic empowerment, and community awareness.