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We’re fighting to end forced marriage and child marriage in the United States. Join us.

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Forced, Arranged and Child Marriages are Happening in the U.S.

Right now, the majority of U.S. states still allow children and adults to be forced into marriages —a human rights abuse recognized as a form of modern slavery.

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Survivor Led. Mission Driven.

Founded by a survivor of a forced marriage, we are on a mission to help people in the U.S. escape and avoid similar fates through legal and social services, while pushing for systemic change.

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The latest news in the fight to end forced and child marriage in the U.S.

Calling all Social Workers: We’re hiring!

Calling all Social Workers: We’re hiring!

Feb 27, 2026

Right now you could be coordinating a middle-of-the-night escape for someone who is determined to flee the horror that is forced marriage. You could...

Watch out, U.S.: We’re battling child marriage in more than a dozen states

Watch out, U.S.: We’re battling child marriage in more than a dozen states

Feb 25, 2026

Child marriage’s days are numbered, as we wage battle across the U.S. to eliminate this human rights abuse that destroys girls’ lives....

Look what you’ve done: 2025 year in review

Look what you’ve done: 2025 year in review

Feb 4, 2026

Do you realize how much we at Unchained At Last accomplished in 2025 to combat forced and child marriage in the U.S., thanks to your support?

Join us at the U.N. (or virtually) on March 13

Join us at the U.N. (or virtually) on March 13

Feb 2, 2026

As the United Nations launches the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, we at Unchained At Last are launching a hybrid parallel...

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Direct Services

Discover the crucial, wraparound, often life-saving services we provide to individuals fleeing or resisting arranged/forced marriages.

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Systems Change

See how we’re leading a growing national movement to set the marriage age at 18, no exceptions, in every U.S. state.

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United States’ Child Marriage Problem

More than two of every 1,000 U.S. girls aged 15 to 17 were wed each year during 2000-2021. That was among the shocking findings of our latest study of child marriage in the U.S. 

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Has Your State Banned Child Marriage?

Hover over the states and territories on this map to see the statistics, then click through to see what you can do!

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Our National Movement

With your help, the national movement we lead to end child marriage in the United States, state by state, is gaining momentum. Are you part of that movement?

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