as such there is a need for a thorough qualitative comprehensive informantbased analysis with longterm policy implications that covers the arab countries from a regional perspective this study attempts to fill this gap both by shedding light on the structural and contextual conditions that allow for the occurrence of child marriage in the region in times of peace as well as in the context of humanitarian crises and by exploring the consequences of child marriage for girls in both conflict and postconflict settings the study attempts to distinguish between on the one hand structural determinants of child marriage that have long been present in many arab countries such as embedded gender imbalances and institutionalized inequalities and on the other hand contextual determinants of child marriage that result from situations of displacement conflict and instability compounded by extreme poverty the overall aim is to strengthen the capacities of arab policymakers and advocacy groups to prevent protect from and respond to child marriage as a form of gender based violence gbv and as a human rights violation