Sudan is the only country in North Africa that has not reformed the Personal Status Act for Muslims (also known as family law) which makes child marriage legal in Sudan. As of 2014, 38% of women (20-49 years) were married before the age of 18, and 12% of women (15-49 years) were married before the age of 15.

The overall objective of this study was to understand the marriage law(s), the processes and actors involved in proposing reforms of the law(s) before and after the conflict (i.e. April 2023), and the influence of the pluralistic legal system in Sudan on responding to child marriage and advocating for banning child marriage by law.