Less than a decade ago, child marriage was legal in every U.S. state and territory.
But, as Chelsea Clinton pointed out this week at the event we cosponsored at the United Nations, our relentless advocacy has changed that.
“Thanks to the heroic and optimistic efforts of Fraidy [Reiss] and her team at Unchained At Last, at least now we can say we have banned child marriage in 13 states,” Chelsea told the more than 200 people who attended the event as part of Commission on the Status of Women.
Watch the full conversation here or by clicking the image below.
Sponsored by:
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the United Nations
Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations
Unchained At Last
NGO CSW/NY
Equality Now
Clinton Global Initiative
Girls Not Brides
UN Women
African Child Policy Forum
Left to right, speakers at UN CSW69 side event: Saba Lishan, Coordinator of African Partnership to End Violence Against Children for African Child Policy Forum; Houry Geudelekian, Past Chair of NGO CSW/NY; Sarah Hendriks, Director of Policy, Programme & Intergovernmental Division for UN Women; Dr. Isata Mahoi, Minister of Gender and Children’s Affairs for Sierra Leone; Mona Sinha, Global Executive Director of Equality Now; Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation; Fraidy Reiss, Founder/Executive Director of Unchained At Last and Hon. Mayra Jiménez, Minister of Women of the Dominican Republic. Photo by Mel Bailey, Equality Now
