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Survivor Advocate’s Perseverance Yields New Florida Law to Limit Child Marriage
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March 26th, 2018Florida joined the national movement to end child marriage when Governor Rick Scott signed into law SB 140.
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Kentucky Votes To Ban Child Marriage
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March 20th, 2018Tahirih’s Senior Counsel for Policy and Strategy spoke with NPR about a critical bill to overhaul Kentucky’s child marriage laws.
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Florida Residents: Take Action By February 14 to End Child Marriage!
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February 12th, 2018In less than 5 minutes, you can help end child marriage in Florida! Call your House representative and ask them to support a clean ban on all child marriages under the age of 18.
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Massachusetts Residents: Take Action By February 7 to End Child Marriage!
Action Alerts
February 6th, 2018In less than 5 minutes, you can help end child marriage in Massachusetts! Call your representative in the Judiciary Committee and urge them to favorable report H2310/S785.
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Tahirih Applauds Florida Senate on the Passage of SB 140 to End Child Marriage
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January 31st, 2018Tahirih’s Senior Counsel for Policy and Strategy issued this statement after the Florida Senate unanimously passed a historic bill to end child marriage in Florida. The bill must now be passed by the House of Representatives.
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Kentucky Senator Files New Legislation to Tackle the State’s Child Marriage Problem
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January 5th, 2018Senator Julie Raque Adams has filed SB 48 to tackle Kentucky’s serious child marriage problem. Tahirih is honored to partner with Survivor Advocate Donna Pollard on this important legislation.
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Advocates Are Fighting to Outlaw Adult Marriages to Minors
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January 3rd, 2018Tahirih’s Jeanne Smoot spoke with the ABA Journal about our work to change the laws that allow child marriage across the U.S.