November 19, 2021 | By: Words Sarah Adams Featured Images Matilde Simas
BOSTON (Sept. 22, 2021) Survivors, advocates, and elected officials dressed in bridal gowns and veils, with arms chained and mouths taped, gathered on the steps of the Massachusetts State House for a “chain-in” to call on the legislature to pass H1709/S937, the pending bill that would end child marriage in Massachusetts. A loophole in current law allows children of any age to be entered into marriage by a parent and a judge, without input from the child.
BOSTON (Sept. 22, 2021) Survivors, advocates, and elected officials dressed in bridal gowns and veils, with arms chained and mouths taped, gathered on the steps of the Massachusetts State House for a “chain-in” to call on the legislature to pass H1709/S937, the pending bill that would end child marriage in Massachusetts. A loophole in current law allows children of any age to be entered into marriage by a parent and a judge, without input from the child.
UGANDA (February 15, 2020) Portraits of teen mothers and children in Imvepi Refugee Settlement.
UGANDA (February 15, 2020) Adolescent girl holds an infant in the Imvepi Refugee Settlement.
BOSTON (Sept. 22, 2021) Massachusetts resident Jennifer Bradbury, survivor of forced marriage, during a protest to end child marriage in Massachusetts, said she was only 14 years old when she met a 40-year-old man whom she wed two years later in Florida with her parents and a judge's consent.
Links to the Bills:
Bill S.937 (malegislature.gov) Bill H.1709 (malegislature.gov)
Find out about your state’s laws and child marriage statistics:
Child Marriage – Shocking Statistics – Unchained At Last
Sources & Links
Laiou, Angeliki (1993). Coersion to sex and marriage in ancient and medieval societies. Washington, DC.
Child Marriage – Shocking Statistics – Unchained At Last
Afghan families are selling their children so they can eat as the economy crumbles - CNN
These are the countries where child marriage is legal | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)
UNICEF USA - Global to Local: Ending Child Marriage
Child Marriage – Progress – Unchained At Last
Capture Humanity & Fraidy Reiss Unchained Atlast Interview, 10/19/21
Bill S.937 (malegislature.gov) Bill H.1709 (malegislature.gov)
End Child Marriage In Massachusetts | Human Rights Watch (hrw.org)
Child marriage | United Nations Population Fund (unfpa.org)
Urge Your State Elected Officials to Pass Legislation to End Child Marriage (unicefusa.org)
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