“Please! Let’s work together to end child marriage across the US and around the world.”
That’s how Unchained’s executive director, Fraidy Reiss, concluded her address to nearly 100 people who attended a Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60) side event about child marriage. The event was organized by BPW International.
Various speakers talked about child marriage in various African countries and New Zealand, but Reiss shocked the audience with two facts:
1) Child marriage is legal in all 50 US states.
2) Child marriage is happening at an alarming rate across the US. Thousands of children as young as 12 have married recently in this country.