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Virginia Could Become a Leader in the Movement to End Child Marriage – Again

March 28th, 2024 | by Hellitz Villegas in The Virginian-Pilot
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This article was originally published in The Virginian-Pilot on February 23, 2024. You can access the original article here: https://www.pilotonline.com/2024/02/22/column-virginia-can-again-lead-the-movement-to-end-child-marriage/.

Hellitz Villegas, the Forced Marriage Initiative Program Manager at the Tahirih Justice Center, wrote this op-ed in support of Virginia bill HB 994 ending child marriage in Virginia by setting the minimum marriage age to 18, with no exceptions.

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