National Coalition to End Child Marriage
End Gender-Violence Zonta Says NO!
US Women at the UNHURRAY, WE DID IT! Oregon Governor Kotek has just signed SB548 to END CHILD MARRIAGE.
Legal age is 18, No exceptions!
“Oregon today joined Washington and a growing list of other states in making eighteen the minimum age for both parties to get a marriage license with Governor Tina Kotek’s approval of Senate Bill 548, bipartisan legislation sponsored by Democratic Senator Janeen Sollman and Republican Senator David Brock Smith.
Kotek’s signature completes SB 548’s journey through the legislative process in the Beaver State. The bill had a remarkably smooth journey to enactment, drawing scant opposition from Oregon lawmakers. That’s because it is extremely popular. It costs nothing, harms no one, and ends a human rights abuse, as our friend Fraidy Reiss of Unchained At Last likes to say when advocating for the legislation. Read the full article at the Cascadia Advocate
Members of the Zonta Club of Corvallis worked with Unchained at Last to meet with all the Oregon members of the Senate and House or their staff, and testified at Senate and House hearings.
CHILD MARRIAGE IS LEGAL IN MOST US STATES
It is past time to end this human rights abuse! Laws must be changed state by state. Join us, act now by messaging your legislators with UNICEFUSA, and then join in your state’s coalition to end child marriage. Act at: www.stopchildmarriages.org
Resources, Articles, News and Updates
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California Bill to End Child marriage passes out of Senate Committee
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Oklahoma Bans Child Marriage
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Oklahoma Ends Child Marriage, becoming the 17th state.
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