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Associations between child marriage and food insecurity in Zimbabwe: a participatory mixed methods study.

Katherine GambirAbel Blessing MatsikaAnna PanagiotouEleanor SnowdenClare LofthouseJanna Metzler
Published in: BMC public health (2024)
Our exploration of the associations between food insecurity and child marriage suggest that child marriage programming in humanitarian settings should be community-led and gender transformative to address the gender inequality that underpins child marriage and address the needs and priorities of adolescent girls. Further, programming must be responsive to the diverse risks and realities that adolescents face to address the intersecting levels of deprivation and elevate the capacities of adolescent girls, their families, and communities to prevent child marriage in food insecure settings.
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