Upcoming Events

You can help end forced and child marriage in the U.S. – and have some fun while you’re at it. (Make sure to join the Unchained email list so you’re the first to know about upcoming events.)

Recent events:

June 3, 3026 | Chain-In Columbus
We descended on the Ohio statehouse this week, dressed in bridal gowns and chains, to demand that legislators stop stalling the popular, bipartisan bill to ban child marriage. Some 30 chained brides joined our chain-in protest — which got huge media coverage from print, television, radio and online outlets.

March 13, 2026 | Unmuted: Harnessing the Power of Storytelling in the Battle Against Forced and Child Marriage: A U.N. CSW70 Parallel Event
Whether it happens in India or the U.S., child marriage typically means loss of agency. That was one of the takeaways from the hybrid parallel event to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women that we hosted today at the Church Center for the U.N. and on Zoom. More than 230 people joined us to watch and then discuss a documentary titled “Unmuted: Child Brides,” from Without Exception Films.

December 2, 2025 | Virtual CLE course: Chained and Silenced: The Reality of Forced and Child Marriage in the U.S.
Forced marriage and child marriage are recognized globally as human rights abuses and forms of modern slavery – yet they remain legal in most of the United States. Our virtual CLE course with Rutgers Law School examined the laws that enable and even encourage forced and child marriage; how those laws intersect with cultural and religious norms; the profound human suffering these abuses cause; and the vital role family lawyers can play to achieve justice.

November 12, 2025 | Golden State’s Child Marriage Problem
Here’s a reason to be enraged: California still allows children of ANY AGE to be entered into marriage. Legally. But, as we discussed with Chelsea Clinton at University of California, Los Angeles’ Hammer Museum, here’s a reason to be encouraged: Together we can ban child marriage in California. If you missed the event, or want to rewatch the conversation between Chelsea and our Fraidy Reiss — co-hosted by Clinton Global Initiative, Equality Now and The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA and moderated by Equality Now’s Anastasia Law — you can access it here.