This chart, which was developed by the Tahirih Justice Center with pro bono assistance from Hogan Lovells US LLP, serves as a resource for understanding the state legal regimes that permit child marriages to happen in the United States.

Read this backgrounder to learn more about child marriage in the United States and the laws that allow it to persist.

This backgrounder provides guidance on how best to leverage the new Virginia law to protect children from child marriage.

Honor Fauziya Kassindja’s legacy on the 20th anniversary of her groundbreaking legal victory.

Many survivors of forced marriage have experienced harm that overlaps with other forms of violence, yet the risks they face are unique enough to require additional awareness by service providers.

Please get involved right now in the fight to end the epidemic of violence against women and girls! Immigrant women and girls who are disproportionately impacted by gender-based violence need your help in the struggle for safety and dignity. Host an event and bring along our outreach tool kit to spread the word.

Layli Miller-Muro founded Tahirih in 1997 following her involvement as a student attorney in a precedent-setting case that revolutionized asylum law in the United States. Learn more about our pioneering history in the protection of women and girls.