encouraged to facilitate dialogue and promote collaboration between all stakeholders, and particularly traditional, community and religious leaders, in the prevention of child marriage. Promote the role of men and traditional and religious leaders [53] Recognising the links between child marriage and gender inequality, States Parties are encouraged to promote the participation of parents, particularly fathers, religious leaders and community leaders in ending child marriage.38 Develop and implement special measures to prevent child marriage among children at higher risk [54] Special measures to prevent child marriage should be appropriately adapted to take account of the special vulnerabilities of certain categories of children. In particular, States Parties should design measures to protect children affected by conflict, children with disabilities, children in child headed households and children affected by homelessness or internal displacement as outlined below. [55] Noting that situations of unrest and armed conflict exacerbate 38 See commitment 9 of the African Union Common Position and the 2015 Kigali Declaration which encourage dialogue and promote partnership and collaboration with local, traditional and religious leaders to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage; and to encourage dialogue with men and boys to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage. The Kigali Declaration s available at http://thecommonwealth. org/sites/default/files/press-release/documents/Early%20and%20Forced%20 Marriage%20-%20Kigali%20Declaration.pdf (accessed 18 March 2016). 28