Girls Not Brides is a global diverse network of over 1600 civil society organizations (CSOs) working to end child marriage across 100 countries in the world. Their experience, unique understanding and long standing connections with girls and communities are the driving force of our movement.
It constitutes of the Girls Not Brides Uganda (GNBU) – National Partnership chaired by Joy for Children Uganda and World Vision Uganda with a membership of 106 CSOs working at community, district, regional and national level committed to ending child marriage and enabling children live to fulfill their potential.
GNBU has been a key partner to the Uganda government in implementing the National Strategy to End Child Marriages and Teenage Pregnancy (2014/2015 -2019/2020) and continues to adapt the new strategy i.e. 2022/2023- 2026/2027 It convenes annual girl summits aimed at intensifying policy and legal advocacy to protect girls from child marriage and amplify the urgency for adopting girls’ /children’s rights at community and national level. GNBU intentionally gears towards empowerment of both girls and boys with correct information to enable them recognize child marriage and early pregnancy as a gross violation of their rights, and support them to take mitigating actions.
