Aliya Abbas, Survivor and Activist: “I hope to see a day when survivors no longer have to relive their traumas to advocate an end to child marriage, because good people […]

From federal and state-by-state analysis to survivor stories, the compendium helps policymakers, the media, and the public understand this insidious form of child abuse and act to abolish it Falls […]

This year, yet again, Maryland senators have weakened a bill that seeks to end child marriage.

Making Progress, But Still Falling Short outlines what more needs to be done to end child marriage in America both at the state and federal level.

Child marriage remains a serious problem in present-day America. Since 2000, well over 200,000 minors were married, most of them girls married to adult men. Children lack the rights and […]

These appendices accompany the Tahirih Justice Center’s 2017 report, “Falling Through the Cracks: How Laws Allow Child Marriage to Happen in Today’s America,” which was the first comprehensive analysis of provisions in all 50 states and Washington, DC that leave children more vulnerable to forced marriage and the harms of early marriage. 

Tahirih celebrates the passage of a new law in Georgia limiting marriage to adults age 18 or older, with a narrow exception only for 17-year-old minors that have been emancipated after a special proceeding before a juvenile court.