Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast
Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast
Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM)
Rethinking how we fund the fight against child marriage
22 minutes Posted Aug 21, 2026 at 10:23 am.
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In the latest episode of the SRHM Podcast, SRHM Chief Executive Eszter Kismodi speaks with Lara van Kouterik, Interim Co-CEO and Director of Strategy, Evidence and Impact at Girls Not Brides, about why current funding models are falling short and what needs to change.


Drawing on a recent SRHM blog by former Girls Not Brides CEO Dr Faith Mwangi-Powell, the conversation explores why short-term, project-based funding is often ill-suited to addressing complex, interconnected challenges such as child marriage.

Read the blog, 'We know what works. So why can’t we build the architecture to make it last?': https://www.srhm.org/news/we-know-what-works-so-why-cant-we-build-the-architecture-to-make-it-last/