“They want us to be their voices”

“These children don’t have voices yet,” Delaware Rep. Kim Williams told our Fraidy Reiss about the hundreds of thousands of minors who were legally entered into marriage recently in the U.S., typically before they were old enough to file for divorce. “They want us to be their voices.” (See the brief video, below.)

Rep. Williams has been a crucial voice: She partnered with us in 2018 to make Delaware the first U.S. state to end child marriage. Since then, we have helped five states to follow. Only 44 states to go.

We have surpassed our goal of raising $50k in the last 50 days of 2021 to help end child marriage in all 50 states, and we have surpassed the new goal we set last week of raising $75k (!). Now, with a week left to the year, here’s our new challenge to you: Let’s get to $100k by the end of the year to help eliminate this human rights abuse in the U.S. Every dollar you donate before December 31 will double in value, thanks to a match from a generous donor.