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31 Οκτ 2023 · About 300,000 children and teens were legally married in the United States between 2000 and 2018, according to data from Unchained at Last, a nonprofit that works to help women and girls in...
In Texas, a new state law in effect last month offers the possibility of seriously curtailing the practice of child marriage. But even this law, which set a legal marriage “floor” of 16 and requires judicial approval of marriages for minors between 16 and 18, won’t end the practice completely, experts warn .
Child marriage is formal or informal union before age 18. It is a violation of children’s human rights and a form of gender-based violence that robs children of childhood. Child marriage also disrupts their education and drives vulnerability to violence, discrimination and abuse.
19 Μαΐ 2017 · Tahirih Justice Center Senior Counsel for Policy and Strategy Jeanne Smoot spoke with with Texas Public Radio reporter David Martin Davies about child marriage in Texas and how new legislation would protect Texas’ children from the devastating, lifelong harms of child marriage.
1 Μαρ 2023 · What's happening: House Bill 924, filed by Rep. Jon Rosenthal, a Democrat from Houston, would ban marriage for all minors, without exceptions. If passed, the bill would close a loophole left in a 2017 law that allows 16- and 17-year-old emancipated minors to marry.
5 Ιουλ 2023 · The national number of children married has decreased almost every year since 2000 but is unlikely to reach zero without legislative intervention, Reiss said. The organization raises awareness through wedding dress-clad protesters and efforts at the statehouse level to ban child marriage.
23 Σεπ 2024 · Explore the realities of arranged marriages, why they are seen negatively, and their unexpected benefits. Learn why they work, or don't, in today's world.
