Girl marriage is a global problem which is also prevalent in South Africa. It imposes on the rights of children and is recognised as a harmful practice (United Nations, 2015). This paper reports on a case study with social workers of the Families and Marriage Society of South Africa (FAMSA) in the Eastern Cape and Gauteng. The study concludes that the developmental approach presents a framework for social workers to curb girl marriages. Resources, coordination among stakeholders, monitoring of programmes, interventions and policies are required to curb girl marriage. A rights-based policy and enforcement and monitoring of existing policies that protect children are key to ending the practice of girl marriage.

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社会工作者在遏制女孩婚姻中的作用：FAMSA 案例研究

女童婚姻是一个全球性问题，在南非也很普遍。它强加于儿童的权利，并被认为是一种有害的做法（联合国，2015 年）。本文报告了与南非家庭和婚姻协会 (FAMSA) 在东开普省和豪登省的社会工作者的案例研究。该研究得出的结论是，发展性方法为社会工作者提供了一个框架，以遏制女童婚姻。需要资源、利益相关者之间的协调、方案监测、干预措施和政策来遏制女童婚姻。一项基于权利的政策以及对保护儿童的现有政策的执行和监测，是结束女童婚姻做法的关键。