Child Brides in the US: Why we need feminism
Channel: Kristi Winters
Date: 2016-07-11

I was shocked to find out this was going on in the US and grateful to the women and men embracing feminist values by reversing these laws crafted based on patriarchical values and to perpetuate them. If you live in a state where children can marry under the age of 18, write to your state representatives and demand a change in the law.

Social Experiment Stages Child Bride Photoshoot in New York City 

Over 30,000 girls in the world get married while they're still children, and people have recently begun to raise awareness of this global epidemic. YouTuber Coby Persin staged a bridal photo shoot with an older gentleman and a 12-year-old girl in New York City, and predictably got some heated reactions.
http://www.rightthisminute.com/video/rtmtv-coby-person-stages-child-bride-wedding-photoshoot

America's child marriage crisis: Virginia law tackles continuing issue
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/08/child-marriage-forced-minors-virginia-law

Why 13-year-olds can no longer marry in Virginia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/why-13-year-olds-can-no-longer-marry-in-virginia/2016/07/03/03849e46-3ef9-11e6-a66f-aa6c1883b6b1_story.html

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/08/child-marriage-forced-minors-virginia-law  
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/child-marriage-chart-reveals-girls-can-still-get-married-at-12-in-some-parts-of-the-us-as-lawmakers-a6921246.html#gallery

Tahirih Justice Center   
http://www.tahirih.org/about-us/

Child Marriage in America: Current Laws Are Failing to Protect Vulnerable Children and Teens
http://www.tahirih.org/news/child-marriage-happens-in-the-u-s-too/

America’s Child Marriage Problem
http://www.tahirih.org/news/americas-child-marriage-problem/

Children Get Married In The U.S., Too: #15Girls
http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/10/28/452540839/children-get-married-in-the-u-s-too-15girls

The Texas counties with the most married children
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/The-Texas-counties-with-the-most-married-children-6791286.php

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