Intervention
The MTBA intervention was designed in 2015 and sought to empower girls, to raise awareness about the risks of child marriage, to improve girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, and to support social norms favorable to girls’ education, economic engagement, and agency in marital decision-making. The MTBA program approach included a package of interventions implemented at multiple levels and across sectors, including elements that were informed by the evidence base on child marriage interventions such as girls’ empowerment clubs and livelihood training for girls. According to the MTBA Theory of Change (ToC), reducing the prevalence of child marriage requires 1) 