the prohibition against child marriage, the legal rights of children and women and the right to be protected from child marriage. Further stakeholders to be targeted include teachers, health providers, judicial officers, the police, religious, community and traditional leaders, national human rights institutions, bodies with a human rights mandate and Civil Society Organisations providing legal, health, psychosocial or other services to the victims of child marriage. Data Collection [44] States Parties should establish credible and effective data collection mechanisms to determine which efforts need to be intensified to combat child marriage and in which areas. Data on school enrolment, school attendance, school completion and drop out, the uptake of health and other social services and any other relevant data, should be collected. Where possible, it should be disaggregated by age, gender, region and other relevant characteristics and should support the development of targeted programmes and interventions. Data systems should be linked to the national CRVS system, including birth and marriage registration data. The information collected should also inform reports submitted to the Commission and Committee. Resource allocation and budgeting [45] To meet their obligations as outlined in this Joint General 23