Falls Church – While all of Washington, DC’s mid-Atlantic neighbors have taken action to limit or end child marriage, it remains legal in the District in 2024. But the DC […]

With 13 states having ended child marriage entirely, and every state from North Carolina to Maine taking action on the issue since 2016, D.C. must take urgent action to end child marriage.

The Child Marriage Prevention Act of 2024 is groundbreaking federal legislation that represents the first concerted effort by the United States Congress to condemn and prevent child marriage domestically. View the one pager and section-by-section summary of the bill here.

On August 17, 2024, Aaron Bao, a junior at the Harker School in San Jose, California, will host “Soaring in Concert” to support the Tahirih Justice Center. This year’s event aims to raise $30,000 to aid immigrant survivors of gender-based violence

April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, a month honoring survivors and the communities surrounding them with hope, courage, and strength. At the Forced Marriage Initiative, we join these awareness and prevention efforts recognizing that survivors and those at risk of forced marriage are likely to also fear and/or experience rape and sexual assault.

HB 994 becomes law ending child marriage in Virginia by establishing a minimum marriage age of 18 without exceptions.

Today, Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill that ends child marriage in the state of Washington by raising the legal age for marriage to 18 without exceptions. This significant step marks a historical moment for Washington as it becomes the first state on the West Coast and the 11th  state in the country to end child marriage.