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Child Brides, Forced Marriage, and No Escape in Texas
News
May 19th, 2017Tahirih’s Senior Counsel for Policy and Strategy spoke with Texas Public Radio about child marriage in Texas and how new legislation would protect Texas’ children.
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Progress in the Campaign to End Child Marriage in the U.S.
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April 3rd, 2017While our immigration policy advocacy progresses, Tahirih is driving forward the ongoing campaign to end child marriage in the U.S.
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Tell Your Senator: Take Action to End Child Marriage in MD!
Action Alerts
March 27th, 2017Maryland residents, please call or email your Senator TODAY to tell them to support legislation to make age 18 the minimum age of marriage, no exceptions!
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Tahirih Urges Legislators to Support Bill to End Child Marriage in Connecticut
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March 6th, 2017Tahirih submitted written testimony to the Connecticut General Assembly in support of HB 5442, a bill to eliminate exceptions to age 18 as the minimum legal age to marry.
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Statutory Compilation Shows How State Laws Permit Child Marriage to Persist in Present-Day America
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November 18th, 2016A new compilation of all 50 states’ laws on minimum marriage age and exceptions reveals the ways in which state statutes allow children to be married.
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Tahirih Responds to Pew Report on Child Marriage in the U.S.
News
November 8th, 2016Researchers missed the real headline: Child marriage is a serious problem in the United States!
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State Legislatures Take Aim at Child Marriage
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March 10th, 2016Proponents of child marriage legislation want to see it in all 50 states, because they say that victims of forced and child marriage face severe and lifelong consequences.