Conversations around child marriage all come down to sex: who should have it, when and with whom. Advocates are struggling to agree on all three questions.
Author: Margaret Greene
Dr. Margaret Greene is widely known for her research and advocacy on the conditions faced by adolescents and by women in poor countries and on engaging men and boys for gender equality and has worked for over 20 years on the social and cultural determinants of health, development policy and gender. She leads GreeneWorks, a consulting group working to promote social change for health and development, is on the Board of Promundo-US and coordinates the Child Marriage Research Network. Dr. Greene received MA and PhD degrees in Demography from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in linguistics from Yale University.