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for all briefs in the Promoting healthy, safe, and productive transitions to adulthood series. • 1 Delaying early marriage among disadvantaged rural girls in Amhara, Ethiopia, through social support, education, and community awareness Prepared by Eunice Muthengi and Annabel Erulkar p r o m o t i n g h e a l t h y, safe, and productive transitions to adulthood E thiopia has extremely high rates of child marriage, particularly in rural areas, and an HIV epidemic that disproportionately affects females. With 44 percent of Ethiopia's population younger than 15, public health interest in youth has given rise to a number of programs for adolescents. These programs are located largely in urban areas and target adolescents who attend school, older adolescent boys and young men, and unmarried adolescents living with their parents. Most programs overlook the vast majority of youth (85 percent) living in rural areas and key categories of vulnerable girls—girls who are out of school, girls at risk of child marriage, and girls who are already married (Erulkar et al 2004; MOFED 2005). In the rural Amhara region, 50 percent of girls are married by age 15 and 80 percent are married by age 18 (Erulkar et al. 2010). Child marriage or early marriage, defined as marriage before the age of 18, is considered a violation according to many international and national standards, and is illegal in Ethiopia. Article 7 of the Revised Family Code of Ethiopia states that the legal age of marriage is 18 for both men and women. Marriage at a young age limits a girl's opportunities for schooling, skills acquisition, and personal development (Mensch et al. 1998). It also increases the risk of early childbearing, which is associated with adverse health consequences such as maternal mortality, anemia, obstetric complications, and other adverse birth outcomes To better understand the lives of married adolescents in rural Ethio-pia, including their social assets, schooling, and the role of marriage, researchers conducted a survey of more than 1,800 adolescents in the Amhara Region (Erulkar et al. 2004). Based on the findings of this study, in 2004 the Amhara Regional Bureau of Youth and Sports and the Population Council created the Berhane Hewan project to assist both married and unmarried girls. The goal of Berhane Hewan, which means " Light for Eve " in Amharic, is to establish appropriate and effec