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Abstract：
Globally, more than 12 million girls under the age of 18 are forced to marry every year. Progress on ending child marriage in the Arab region is slowing, and risks being reversed, due to an increase in conflict-affected populations and widespread economic crisis. The aim of this paper is to consider the research priorities across the region to inform effective and accelerated child marriage prevention and response programming within the Arab region. Seventy-three specialists supporting child marriage prevention and response programming in the Arab region engaged with up to three phases of an online Delphi consultation process on research gaps and the research environment between July 2019 and December 2021. Proposals of research gaps were elicited, reviewed, and rated by participants to confirm a shared learning agenda. Participants identified 50 different research gaps across 7 main areas, reaching a high level of consensus support for 23 of 50 statements. Clear consensus was reached in relation to an increased need to produce and use evidence to support programme development, and further research on specific drivers and consequences of child marriage. The least consensus was found in relation to how research can inform prevention and response efforts within the law and legal system. The results provide the foundation of a child marriage research agenda for the Arab region which takes into account regional distinctiveness and builds on the global momentum for child marriage research. Mechanisms are in place to do this through the Regional Action Forum, and other networks across the region.
摘要：
全球范围内,每年有超过1200万18岁以下的女孩被迫结婚。阿拉伯地区结束童婚的进展正在放缓，风险被逆转，由于受冲突影响的人口增加和广泛的经济危机。本文的目的是考虑整个地区的研究重点，为阿拉伯地区有效和加速的童婚预防和应对方案提供信息。在2019年7月至2021年12月期间，支持阿拉伯地区童婚预防和应对计划的73名专家参与了关于研究差距和研究环境的在线Delphi咨询过程的三个阶段。提出了研究差距的建议，reviewed,并由参与者进行评级，以确认共享的学习议程。与会者在7个主要领域确定了50个不同的研究差距，在50项声明中，有23项获得了高度的共识支持。就越来越需要制作和使用证据来支持方案制定达成了明确的共识，并进一步研究童婚的具体驱动因素和后果。关于研究如何为法律和法律体系内的预防和应对工作提供信息的共识最少。这些结果为阿拉伯地区的童婚研究议程奠定了基础，该议程考虑到区域独特性，并建立在童婚研究的全球势头之上。通过区域行动论坛建立了这样做的机制，以及整个地区的其他网络。
