Jeanne Smoot, Tahirih’s Counsel for Policy and Strategy, wrote a letter to the editor of the Washington Post about the need to change laws that allow underage marriage to happen in the U.S.

The governor of Missouri signed piece of legislation which bans marriage under the age of 16.

Lawmakers in Utah are pushing to raise the legal marriage age to 18.

Delaware is the first state in the United States to ban marriage under the age of 18.

Why we’re dedicating our 5th Annual Gala to children fleeing violence in Central America.

If you have suffered the consequences of child marriage in the U.S., please tell us about your experience.

Child marriage and forced marriage are not problems that affect only one community or one country. These are universal girls’ issues.