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<p>During the 2018 Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Burkina Faso’s human rights
record at the UN Human Rights Council, we asked the Government of Burkina Faso for
an update on their efforts to end early and forced marriage. We welcomed their adoption
of the National Strategy to Prevent and Eradicate Child Marriage and the establishment
of a multisectoral platform for its prevention and elimination. We encouraged them
to review the Personal and Family Code to set the marriageable age at 18 years for
both sexes.</p><p>In addition, through our global programme 'Action Against Child
Marriage', the UK is supporting UNICEF and the UN Population Fund in Burkina Faso
to:</p><ul><li><p>strengthen frameworks, laws and policies;</p></li><li><p>scale up
access to basic services for girls who have experienced or are at risk of child marriage;</p></li><li><p>provide
direct investments for adolescent girls at risk of early marriage;</p></li><li><p>shift
harmful social norms</p><p> </p></li></ul><p>We are also targeting key drivers of
child marriage through investments in education and sexual reproductive health and
rights</p>
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