100 Days of Action: Communities, Schools and Faith Leaders Unite Against Child Marriage

The 100 Days of Action to End Child Marriage was more than a campaign. It was proof that people who have never met, spread across different countries, cultures, and communities,  can come together for a single, urgent goal: a child marriage free world.

The campaign started in November 2025 and concluded on 8 March 2026, International Women's Day. With one million children married every month, these 100 days were a call to act, showing how law, policy, and individual action, working together, can deliver justice for children.

A Movement That Spanned Nearly 100 Countries

Over the course of the campaign, leaders, partners, and communities from nearly 100 countries came together to build momentum toward a world where every child gets the childhood they deserve. When KidsRights joined as a collaborator, they helped extend the campaign's reach across those 100 countries, giving it new energy and scale.

What grew from those 100 days is a testament to something simple but important: ending child marriage is a shared commitment and one that will strengthen generations to come.

How It Happened on the Ground

The campaign took a multi-stakeholder approach, combining public pledging with awareness-building and targeted local action.

In schools, students and teachers were engaged on what child marriage is, why it happens, and how education and informed decision-making can protect children's futures. At community events, partners reinforced a clear message: ending child marriage is everyone's responsibility. Country partners held local stakeholder meetings to bring these conversations into their own policy and community contexts.

Faith leaders who had been mobilised during the First Global Interfaith Weekend in September 2025 carried the message into their congregations, speaking about how ending child marriage upholds the dignity, rights, and wellbeing of every child. Partners also ran art activities, creating space for children to explore their dreams beyond marriage. These moments of dialogue didn't just raise awareness; they challenged long-held social norms.

From Kenya to Bangladesh, individuals, schools, faith communities, and local leaders stood together in pursuit of the same goal.

What Comes Next

The campaign ended with a clear step forward. As Child Marriage Free World moves into the next phase, the work continues and so does the need for your voice.

We are grateful to every leader, partner, faith leader, survivor, policymaker, and community member who took a step toward a child marriage free world during these 100 days. You remind us that change is possible and that it happens together.

Stand with us. Raise your voice against violence against children.