As more states make child marriage illegal, the places where it is still lawful are emerging as havens for ceremonies which can devastate the lives of young people. A Newsweek investigation reveals ...

Unchained At Last, a group supporting bill HB 1455 to end child marriage in Washington state, meets with Sen. Manka Dhingra, D-Redmond, left, who chairs the Senate Law & Justice Committee, inside the ...

The vision of a child bride is a deeply foreign concept to most Americans. Underage marriage is regarded by most as an abroad problem, or the type of detestable horror committed by isolated malcontent ...

Child marriage remains legal in most U.S. states, leaving minors open to abuse and vulnerabilities within the legal system, advocates say. Only 12 states currently have a minimum marriage age of 18, ...

UNICEF USA is working with partners including Unchained at Last to end child marriage in the United States. Eleven U.S. states have already passed legislation banning marriage before the age of 18, ...

Child marriage robs girls of their childhood and threatens their well-being. After 13-year-old Zemzem was abducted in southern Ethiopia, quick-thinking members of a UNICEF-supported youth group ...

In a win for human rights advocates Friday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Child Marriage Prohibition Amendment Act of 2024. This legislation, proposed in October 2024, would ensure protection ...

Brigitte Combs was 11 years old and living in Los Angeles when her mother found a prospective husband for her. The mother and father were in the Hare Krishna movement, and she says that as a result, ...

Last week, Sierra Leone’s parliament enacted landmark legislation to ban child marriage. The Prohibition of Child Marriage Bill 2024, which makes marriage for anyone under 18 a criminal offense, seeks ...