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Table 1 National Plan of Action to Prevent Child Marriages in India, 2012

From: How can collective action between government sectors to prevent child marriage be operationalized? Evidence from a post-hoc evaluation of an intervention in Jamui, Bihar and Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan in India

Goal: Girls and boys in India are free from child marriage and can realize their full potential and live a life of dignity.

Approach: Strategic convergent and multi-dimensional initiatives:

• Enforce Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 and related laws and policies that can discourage child marriage.

• Improve access to quality education and other vocational opportunities.

• Initiate programs that enable community mobilization and outreach to change social norms and attitudes.

• Build skills and capacities of adolescent girls and boys.

• Collect data, initiate research to inform programming and interventions.

• Develop monitoring and evaluation systems for measuring outcomes.

• Improve co-ordination, communication and monitoring among those involved in the implementation.

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