Effectiveness of combined interventions to empower girls and address social norms in reducing child marriage in a rural sub-district of Bangladesh: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of the Tipping Point Initiative

Elimination of girl child marriage (CM) globally at the current pace is projected to take about 300 years. Thus, innovative and effective solutions are urgently warranted. Bangladesh reports one of the highest rates of CM in the world. We present the impact of Tipping Point Initiative (TPI), a combi...

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Published in:Journal of global health 2024-02, Vol.14, p.04020-04020, Article 04020
Main Authors: Naved, Ruchira Tabassum, Mahmud, Sultan, Al Mamun, Mahfuz, Parvin, Kausar, Kalra, Sadhvi, Laterra, Anne, Sprinkel, Anne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Bangladesh
Child
Child marriage
Collective action
Community
Empowerment
Families & family life
Female
Gender
Girls
Humans
Intervention
Male
Marriage
Monetary incentives
Power
Sample size
Social Norms
Towns
Women
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Summary:Elimination of girl child marriage (CM) globally at the current pace is projected to take about 300 years. Thus, innovative and effective solutions are urgently warranted. Bangladesh reports one of the highest rates of CM in the world. We present the impact of Tipping Point Initiative (TPI), a combined intervention to empower girls and to address social norms on CM in Bangladesh. A three-arm non-blinded Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial was conducted in 51 villages/clusters in a sub-district of Bangladesh. Clusters were randomly assigned to the arms: Tipping Point Program (TPP), Tipping Point Program Plus (TPP+), and Pure Control. TPP conducted 40 weekly single-gender group sessions with never-married adolescent girls and boys recruited at 12 -
ISSN:2047-2978
2047-2986
DOI:10.7189/jogh.14.04020