USAID Awards $2.8 Million to Combat Child Marriage and Gender-Based Violence in South Asia

WASHINGTON D.C. - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded CARE more than $2.8 million to help fight the harmful practice of child marriage and to prevent violence against women in two countries in South Asia. CARE will work with several local partners, as well as community leaders and peer educators, in order to help change the mindset and traditional practices of communities in this region.

CARE Nepal will receive nearly $1.5 million for a three-year project that aims to transform community traditions of child marriage through educational and behavioral change campaigns. The initiative will also advocate for the establishment and enforcement of laws and policies that address child marriage and other forms of gender-based violence.

CARE Bangladesh is receiving more than $1.3 million for a similar three-year program designed to help prevent violence against women. The initiative focuses on increasing understanding about the negative effects that violence, early marriage, dowry, and polygamy have on the development process in Bangladesh. Educational and behavioral change campaigns, as well as efforts to influence national policy, will be part of the program.

For more information about USAID and its programs to combat gender-based violence, please visit: www.usaid.gov.

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Published on: 2008-10-11

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