Advocates and child marriage survivors from the group “Unchained at Last” put on wedding gowns, veils, chains and tape over their mouths as they gather on Boston Common before marching to the ...

While marriage as a minor is significantly less common today than it was in the early or mid-20th century – it is certainly not a thing of the past.

SACRAMENTO — The marriage certificate appears unremarkable — another piece of government paper. But Mandy Havlik keeps a copy of it as proof of her past. It was issued by the state of Arizona ...

Child marriage isn't just a practice that victimizes girls in poor countries. As this blog has previously reported, it's also long been an issue in the United States, involving girls from a wide ...

Child marriage is a nightmare of a legal trap Nearly 300,000 children were married legally in the United States between 2000 and 2018, Unchained found. Most were girls wed to adult men with an ...

This past spring, as part of my work teaching international relations, I oversaw a team of students assigned to create a first-of-its kind, ... And in most cases of child marriage, ...

Delaware was the first state to end child marriage in 2018. Since then, more than 10 other states have joined it in doing so. Those include Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New ...

While other states banned child marriage, this relic from a sexist past remains legal and happens at an alarming rate in CT. Get Connecticut public policy news at your fingertips. Subscribe to CT ...

The trend is expected to worsen where child marriage is already most prominent: mainly in South Asia and Africa. ... Fatouma counted 12 times she stopped a marriage over the past 18 months.

As several states propose child marriage bans, Missouri state Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder hopes that she can use her experiences to encourage a shift in her state’s legislation.

It would be the second time the age of marriage has been raised in the past six years. In 2018, Gov. Chris Sununu signed a bill to raise the minimum age of marriage to 16.