More Than Brides Alliance intervention impact evaluation results.
ADVERSE EFFECTS
In India, results show that the intervention increased the proportion of girls who were able to identify the legal age at marriage as well as the proportion of girls who were able to name at least three adverse effects of child marriage. The intervention additionally appeared to have increased knowledge of HIV, the proportion of girls enrolled in school, and the proportion of girls reporting being a member of a club or group. In Malawi, the intervention appears to have increased the proportion of girls who were able to correctly identify the legal age at marriage for girls and improved outcomes on multiple education-related indicators, namely the proportion of girls who had ever attended school, the mean number of years of education completed, and the proportion of girls who self-reported the ability to read or write. In Mali, the only significant difference between the changes observed in intervention and comparison communities between baseline and endline was an increase in the mean age at marriage in intervention communities. Lastly, in Niger, the intervention appears to have influenced two key indicators related to child marriage: the proportion of girls able to correctly identify the legal age at marriage for girls, and the proportion of girls able to name at least three adverse effects of child marriage. The intervention also appears to have improved girls’ knowledge about modern contraceptive methods and increased the proportion of girls currently working for income.