We. Did. It. We just ended child marriage in the second U.S. state.
Just moments ago, Gov. Phil Murphy signed the bill we at Unchained wrote and relentlessly promoted for three years, to end all marriage before 18 in New Jersey, no exceptions.
It’s a good week for girls and women. Yesterday, Gov. John Carney and legislators in Delaware honored us at a ceremonial signing of the same bill, which last month made Delaware the first U.S. state to end child marriage.
And tonight we head to Malaysia for the global Girls Not Brides meeting – where, for the first time in history, we can report good news from the United States in the global effort to eradicate a human-rights abuse that destroys girls’ lives.
We couldn’t have done any of this without your support. Thank you for following/liking/tweeting us on social media, flooding governor’s and legislators’ offices with calls and emails, Chaining-In with us and supporting us financially.
Read more here about the national movement we lead to end child marriage in the U.S., which now counts two down, 48 to go.
