Developing a Curriculum for a Formal Education Setting to Prevent Child Marriage in Rural Areas of Honduras: A Design-Based Research Study

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Key Information

This research study is entitled “Developing a Curriculum for a Formal Education Setting to Prevent Child Marriage in Rural Areas of Honduras: A Design-Based Research Study” By Diana P. Pacheco Montoya

Latin America and the Caribbean is the only region in the world where child marriage (CM) is not decreasing. Growing levels of education and legislation to ban this practice have not been associated with CM reduction. This dissertation is grounded on the belief that the educational sector can contribute to CM prevention by going beyond expanding access to secondary education. Schools can also contribute to CM prevention by focusing on challenging social norms, understanding the role of the different changes that occur during adolescence, and recognizing the structural limitations that drive CM. This design-based research study provides a deeper understanding of the factors that shape adolescents’ decisions to marry in rural areas of Honduras and uses this knowledge to develop a theory of action to design, implement, and evaluate a school-based curriculum to prevent CM. The results and experience of this investigation advanced the development of design principles that can guide the implementation of interventions in similar contexts throughout Latin America.


Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Latin America & Caribbean

Honduras

Activity URL

Not applicable or unknown

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2019 - 2019

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response

Not changed

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other

  • Other

Quality

  • Curricula/lesson plans

Cross-cutting areas

  • Early/child marriage

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

Not applicable or unknown

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

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Program Approaches Back to Top

Other

  • Other activities to end child marriage (not captured above)

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

Not applicable or unknown

Cross-cutting goals

  • Reduced child marriage