“Mi Small Wef” No More (“My Little Wife” No More) Eradicating Child Marriage in Sierra Leone by Working with Men


Organisation Déclarante:CAUSE Canada
Budget Total ($CAD):$ 217,932
Délai d’exécution: novembre 1, 2020 - janvier 31, 2022
Statut: Fermé
Coordonnées: Wendy Fehr
[email protected]

Profils des Partenaires et Bailleurs de Fonds


Organisation Déclarante


CAUSE Canada

Organisations Participantes


Non précisé

Bailleurs de fonds (Contribution budgétaire totale)


Non précisé

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Endroit


Pays - Allocation Budgétaire Totale


Sierra Leone - $ 217,932.00 (100.00%)

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Domaines d'Intervention


Santé - Allocation Budgétaire Totale


Santé & droits sexuels (20.00 %)

Autre - Allocation Budgétaire Totale


Droits de la personne, plaidoyer & mobilisation du public (30.00 %)

Égalité des genres (30.00 %)

Violence sexuelle & sexiste (20.00 %)

Autre (0.00 %)

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Description


“Mi Small Wef” No More (“My Little Wife” No More) is a gender-transformative innovation aimed at eradicating child marriage in rural communities of the Koinadugu and Falaba Districts of Sierra Leone. The innovation was tested in 20 rural communities for 11 months, achieving a reduction of 92-95% in the rates of child marriage. It first proved that an effective and efficient approach to eliminating child marriage is to empower respected community leaders as advocates against child marriage. Also, and although its focus was to reduce the demand for child marriage by educating men seeking child brides about the risks of early marriage for girls, their families of origin and marriage, and communities, one of the major findings was that educating families receiving/subject to receiving bride price offers, and engaging the entire community were important compliments for reducing girls’ vulnerability to child marriage. Moreover, findings reconfirmed the crucial role of girls in knowing and advocating for their rights.

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Population Cible


Genre et âge: Non précisé
Population Ciblée Directement: Non précisé
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Extrants


Home visits
Home visits
Home visits
Community events
Workshops
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Résultats & Indicateurs


Résultats Attendus


Résultats Obtenus


The innovation’s major achievement is the reduced vulnerability to child marriage of adolescent girls in the targeted rural communities. The evidence supporting this achievement is the change in the behavior of the main decision makers: men deciding not to make, or rescinded bride price offers; and families deciding not to accept existing or potential bride price offers. In addition, the intervention achieved an increased community participation in social action against child marriage, evidenced by community leaders who are actively advocating to prevent child marriage. In a short period of time, this willingness and direct action to stop child marriage materialized in the reduction of child marriages taking place, either because they were not planned or because they were cancelled.

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