A big-push community intervention reduced rates of child marriage by 80% - Nature

Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10206-2A community-wide intervention in northern Nigeria reduced rates of child marriage from 79% to 14%, showing that bundled, big-p...

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A big-push community intervention reduced rates of child marriage by 80% - Nature

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Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10206-2A community-wide intervention in northern Nigeria reduced rates of child marriage from 79% to 14%, showing that bundled, big-push approaches can dramatically shift entrenched behaviours.