Advocates and child marriage survivors from the group “Unchained at Last” put on wedding gowns, veils, chains and tape over their mouths as they gather on Boston Common before marching to the State ...

The vision of a child bride is a deeply foreign concept to most Americans. Underage marriage is regarded by most as an abroad problem, or the type of detestable horror committed by isolated malcontent ...

As more states make child marriage illegal, the places where it is still lawful are emerging as havens for ceremonies which can devastate the lives of young people. A Newsweek investigation reveals ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Courtney Kosnik’s marriage lasted until she was 40 years old. She was married just after her junior year in high school, and she says the ban on child marriage was long overdue ...

Unchained At Last, a group supporting bill HB 1455 to end child marriage in Washington state, meets with Sen. Manka Dhingra, D-Redmond, left, who chairs the Senate Law & Justice Committee, inside the ...

UNICEF USA is working with partners including Unchained at Last to end child marriage in the United States. Eleven U.S. states have already passed legislation banning marriage before the age of 18, ...

Days before the close of the 2023 session, members of West Virginia's House of Delegates voted to enact a bill banning child marriage in the state. But it wasn't unanimous. When the bill moved on to ...

Another opponent of the bill, Rep. Dean Van Schoiack (R), told the Star that he opposes the bill because he knows someone who got married as a 17-year-old girl and is still married. “Why is the ...

State senators unanimously voted to outlaw child marriage Friday, making Connecticut one of the last states in the region to ban the practice. The legislation, which closes loopholes that currently ...