Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Setting the minimum age of marriage at 18, no exceptions, is the keystone of ending child marriage. Yet many countries, including the United States, do not have laws that protect girls from this human rights violation.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child, Equality Now's Jean Paul Murunga joins Fraidy Reiss, founder of Unchained at Last, to discuss progress in the global efforts to end child marriage over the past decade and the challenges that lie ahead.
Setting the minimum age of marriage at 18, no exceptions, is the keystone of ending child marriage. Yet many countries, including the United States, do not have laws that protect girls from this human rights violation.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child, Equality Now's Jean Paul Murunga joins Fraidy Reiss, founder of Unchained at Last, to discuss progress in the global efforts to end child marriage over the past decade and the challenges that lie ahead.
