This fact sheet provides information on the ways Kentucky’s current minimum marriage age laws put children at risk.

Tahirih’s Forced Marriage Initiative has released thirteen new reports on forced marriage overseas, which were developed in partnership with Mayer Brown and Caterpillar, Inc.

This resource provides a detailed overview of existing state based criminal laws against forced marriage in the U.S.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill to reform minimum marriage age laws to raise the age “floor” to 17 and put in judicial safeguards against forced marriage. Tahirih was honored to attend the bill signing in Albany.

Tahirih’s Senior Counsel for Policy and Strategy spoke with Texas Public Radio about child marriage in Texas and how new legislation would protect Texas’ children.

Nearly 40,000 children under age 18 were married in the state of Texas between 2000-2014. Those are some of the highest child marriage numbers in the nation.