We hope to see you tomorrow at the world premiere of “Unseen Housewives,” our outrageous, provocative “trailer” for a show that must NOT go on: child marriage in the U.S.
Join us in New York City or via Zoom for this one-hour event. If you’re not already registered, sign up now.
This is unlike any reality show you’ve seen before.
Meet Jennifer, Patricia, Jenn and Fatemah — four American housewives whose lives are far from glamorous. They are trapped in child marriages, betrayed by their parents and by archaic laws that allowed them to be married off before they are old enough to file for divorce.
“How f****ed up is that?” as Jenn asks.
Be among the first in the world to watch the premiere of our outrageous, provocative “trailer” for a show that must NOT go on. And meet the real-life survivors on whom the “trailer” is based.
Join us Friday from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET — in person at the United Nations in New York City or virtually via Zoom. Register here.
The Vermont House of Representatives just voted YES on legislation to end child marriage! The bill now heads to the senate, bringing Vermont one step closer to becoming the eighth U.S. state to end all marriage before 18, without exceptions.
If you live in Vermont, please email your state senator to urge them to pass H148, sponsored by Rep. Carol Ode, and eliminate this human rights abuse that destroys girls’ lives.
And wherever you live, make sure you are registered for our United Nations Commission on the Status of Women parallel event next week. Join us in person or via Zoom for the premiere of “Unseen Housewives,” the provocative trailer for a show that must not go on: child marriage in the U.S.
Need one more reason to join us March 10 at our hybrid parallel event to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women?
Kailash Satyarthi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his fearless battle against child exploitation, will deliver the opening remarks!
Also, we assume you want to be among the first people in the world to watch “Unseen Housewives,” our outrageous, provocative new “trailer” for a show that must not go on: child marriage in the U.S. Learn more and register here.
Our founder/executive director, Fraidy Reiss, wrote an op-ed for the CT Mirror today imploring state legislators to pass HB6569, the bill to end child marriage in the state. She noted that many of Connecticut’s neighboring states have already this human rights abuse, setting Connecticut up to become a destination state for child marriage. Read Fraidy’s op-ed here, and if you live in Connecticut, email your legislators now to urge them to pass HB6569 to end child marriage in Connecticut.
As the United Nations launches the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women – the world’s largest annual gathering on women’s rights – we at Unchained At Last are launching a hybrid parallel event.
Join us for the premiere of “Unseen Housewives,” our outrageous, provocative “trailer” for a show that must not go on: child marriage in the U.S. Be among the first people in the world to watch the parody trailer and take a look behind the scenes with its creators and the child marriage survivors featured in it.
Can an in-your-face video clip help end child marriage in the 43 U.S. states that still allow it and move the world closer to achieving UN Sustainable Development Goal 5.3? Let’s find out!
Unseen Housewives: The Shocking “Trailer” That Aims to Cancel America’s Child Marriage Show
An Unchained At Last (Hybrid) Parallel Event
67th Session of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women
10 March 2023
2:30 p.m. ET – 3:30 p.m. ET | 11:30 a.m. PT – 12:30 p.m. PT | 7:30 p.m. GMT – 8:30 p.m. GMT
Featuring:
Sponsored by:
IN PERSON:
Church Center for the United Nations
777 United Nations Plaza, New York City
VIRTUALLY:
Via Zoom
About Commission on the Status of Women
Each year the UN hosts CSW, the world’s largest annual gathering on women’s rights, in New York City. Representatives of member states, UN entities and approved non-governmental organizations from around the world are invited to attend. The 67th session of CSW takes place 6 to 17 March 2023, on a hybrid basis, with a priority theme of innovation and technological change and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality.
About Unchained At Last
Unchained is a survivor-led NGO dedicated to ending forced and child marriage in the U.S. through direct services and advocacy – in line with UN Sustainable Development Goal 5.3, which calls for the elimination of child, early and forced marriage by year 2030. Unchained provides crucial legal and social services, always for free, to help individuals in the U.S. escape forced marriages and rebuild their lives, and Unchained pushes relentlessly for social, policy and legal change. Founded in 2011, Unchained has been an Organization in Special Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council since 2017.
About Area 23 and “Unseen Housewives”
Area 23 is a health advertising agency that conceived of and produced “Unseen Housewives” pro bono to raise awareness of Unchained’s work to end child marriage in the U.S. “Unseen Housewives” is based on the true stories of four of the many American child marriage survivors who have partnered with Unchained to stop this human rights abuse from destroying more lives.
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We set out to raise $50,000 in the last 50 days of 2022 to help end child marriage in all 50 U.S. states.
Thanks to your extraordinary generosity, we raised more than FOUR TIMES that goal: $200,499. And thanks to a dollar-for-dollar match on the first $75,000 raised, that amount increased to $275,499.
Child marriage’s days are numbered — especially if you continue to partner with us. Here are some ways you can do that.
You still have a matter of hours left to help raise $50k* $175k* $185k by the end of the year, to help end child marriage in all 50 U.S. states.
Child marriage remains legal in most of the U.S., and thousands of minors marry here every year. Most are girls wed to adult men, typically before the girls are old enough to enter a domestic violence shelter or file for divorce. Many are not even old enough to consent to sex. Your support will help end this human rights abuse!
*Goal already met! Thank you.
With more than two weeks left to go, thanks to you, we’ve already nearly TRIPLED our goal of raising $50k in the last 50 days of the year to help end child marriage in all 50 states!
Can you help us meet our new goal of $175k?
