End Child Marriage in the United States

February 12, 2022

At the Zonta Club of Santa Clarita Valley’s Empower Hour on February 5th, 2022, Sara Tasneem, MPA presented “Advocacy Efforts to End Child Marriage in the United States” Sara, a survivor of a forced child marriage, advocates against Child/Forced Marriage and violence against women and girls. Featured in Knots, A Forced Marriage Story, she volunteers as…

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International Day of Girl Child

October 11, 2021

International Day of the Girl Child is an annual and internationally recognized observance on October 11 that empowers girls and amplifies their voices. Like its adult version, International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8, International Day of the Girl Child acknowledges the importance, power, and potential of adolescent girls by encouraging the opening up of…

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End Child Marriage

August 10, 2021

June 2021, Rhode Island passed a law to end child marriage under 18. This is great news! As of today, 5 states have ended child marriage, California isn’t one of them. The current law in California, established by SB273 and approved by the governor (Jerry Brown) in September 2018 and was effective in January 2019 includes…

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Knots: A Forced Marriage Story

August 8, 2021

Knots: A Forced Marriage Story is a feature-length documentary film that examines the truth about forced marriage in the U.S. through the complicated experiences of those who have survived it. Forced marriage is a human rights abuse that has lifelong traumatic consequences. IT IS WIDESPREAD. IT IS WRONG. Three forced marriage survivors – Nina, Sara,…

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