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Child, Not Bride: Ending Child Marriage

Child Marriage Definitions and UN Conventions Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 2004 Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage, and Registration of Marriages, 1964 Rwanda Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, 1979 Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1990

Global Child Marriage. Around the world: nearly 700, 000 Germany 1% France 2% Rwanda US 10% https: //www. girlsnotbrides. org/about-child-marriage/where-child-marriage-happens/

Child Marriage Rates, Girls and Boys Rwanda https: //www. unicef. org/media/files/Child_Marriage_Report_7_17_LR. . pdf

Why Child Marriage? Escape poverty Reinforce social, religious, or cultural ties Provide protection Rwanda Eliminate charges of abuse, statutory rape

Nearly 5 of every 1, 000 children age 15 -17 in the US are married. Number of people married per thousand by age group: Ages 15 -17 4. 6 Rwanda Ages 18 -19 Ages 20 -24 18. 4 107. 4 http: //www. pewresearch. org/fact-tank/2016/11/01/child-marriage-is-rare-in-the-u-s-though-this-varies-by-state/

Child Marriage Rates by State. Rwanda https: //whyevolutionistrue. wordpress. com/2017/05/28/child-marriage-in-the-u-s-its-far-more-common-than-you-think

Youngest Legally Able to Marry. Rwanda https: //whyevolutionistrue. wordpress. com/2017/05/28/child-marriage-in-the-u-s-its-far-more-common-than-you-think/

Sherry Johnson’s Story Rwanda https: //www. cnn. com/2018/01/29/health/ending-child-marriage-in-america/index. html https: //commons. wikimedia. org/wiki/File: HIGH_RES_Girls. Not. Brides_Logo_Color_Vertical_w_Tagline_v 2. jpg

Number of Child Marriages by State. Rwanda https: //whyevolutionistrue. wordpress. com/2017/05/28/child-marriage-in-the-u-s-its-far-more-common-than-you-think

Child Marriage and Well-Being Girls who marry as children are 3 times more likely to be beaten by their spouses 31% more likely to live in poverty 50% more likely to drop out of high school 4 times less likely to graduate from college Rwanda 23% more likely to have a heart attack, diabetes, cancer, or stroke more likely to have psychiatric disorders 50% more likely to be divorced victims of statutory rape if the spouse is an adult

Children cannot • Get a divorce Rent an apartment Buy or rent a car Get health care or check into a hospital Open a bank account Have access to an inheritance Get a credit card Stay at a battered women’s shelter Rwanda A married child cannot be independent and cannot help herself or her children.

States Prohibiting Child Marriage: MN, PA, DE, NJ Rwanda

US Child Marriage Policy The U. S. Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls, March 2016, State Department: Rwanda A key goal is reducing child marriage. https: //www. state. gov/s/gwi/priorities/adolescentgirls/index. htm

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Sponsors Rwanda Sen. Sandy Pappas Rep. Kaoly Her

Judiciary Committee Chairs Rwanda Sen. Warren Limmer Rep. John Lesch

Hearing, House of Representatives February 12, 2019 Rwanda

Vote, House of Representatives March 9, 2019: 134 -0 Rwanda

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State Capitol Event, February 13, 2020 Rwanda

State Capitol Press Conference Rwanda

Community Outreach Rwanda https: //thebeautywell. org/radio-shows/

Rwanda https: //www. startribune. com/end-child-marriage-in-minnesota/568153172/

Rwanda https: //www. startribune. com/end-child-marriage-in-minnesota/568153172/

Rwanda https: //kstp. com/politics/senate-passes-bill-outlawing-child-marriages-in-minnesota-sending-it-to-walz-may-6 -2020/5721703/

Rwanda https: //www. unicef. org/media/files/Child_Marriage_Report_7_17_LR. . pdf

Rwanda https: //au. int/en/sa/cecm

Johannesburg Meeting, 12 -2019 Rwanda https: //www. globalpartnership. org/blog/child-marriage-and-education-crisis-africa-where-do-we-go-here

EU Support to End Child Marriage Rwanda https: //www. europarl. europa. eu/doceo/document/A-8 -2018 -0187_EN. html

Poorer women marry earlier than wealthier women Rwanda https: //www. unicef. org/media/files/Child_Marriage_Report_7_17_LR. . pdf

Rural women marry earlier than urban women Rwanda https: //www. unicef. org/media/files/Child_Marriage_Report_7_17_LR. . pdf

Top 10 Countries with Highest Rates Rwanda https: //www. unicef. org/media/files/Child_Marriage_Report_7_17_LR. . pdf

Highest Rates, S. Asia, Sub-Sarahan Africa Rwanda https: //www. unicef. org/media/files/Child_Marriage_Report_7_17_LR. . pdf

Half of all child brides are in S. Asia. 1 in 3 are in India. Rwanda https: //www. unicef. org/media/files/Child_Marriage_Report_7_17_LR. . pdf

Worldwide Measures Indonesia: age 19 Norway and Denmark: age 18; no recognition of marriages that occurred <18 Rwanda US immigration: 8, 600 approved visas for spouses, fiancées between 2007 – 2017 involved a child bride. 95% were female. Laws are changing.

Rwanda https: //www. thejakartapost. com/life/2019/09/26/greta-thunberg-inspires-youth-activists-in-fight-against-child-marriage. html

Rwanda https: //www. theweek. in/leisure/society/2019/09/26/17 -yr-old-payal-jangid-gets-changemaker-award-for-fight-against-child-marriage. html

Rwanda https: //www. unicef. org/press-releases/10 -million-additional-girls-risk-child-marriage-due-covid-19

Ending child marriage helps break the intergenerational cycle of poverty. Empowered girls can better care for their families, leading to smaller, healthier families. Rwanda When girls are allowed to be girls, everyone wins. -UNICEF https: //www. unicef. org/media/files/Child_Marriage_Report_7_17_LR. . pdf

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