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Empower Girls. End Child Marriage. https://tooyoungtowed.org Unfortunately, millions of girls still suffer from a vastly different marriage experience every year.
Too Young to Wed is a nonprofit providing visual evidence of the human rights challenges faced by girls and women around the world. Using the power of visual storytelling, Too Young To Wed aims to protect girls rights and end child marriage worldwide. In many societies, marriage is a celebrated institution signifying a union between two adults and the beginning of their future together. Worldwide,
Can you imagine being told you could no longer attend secondary school, pursue a career, or visit a public park? For millions of Afghan women and girls, these aren’t hypotheticals, they’re part of daily life. Nearly 22 million people across Afghanistan require humanitarian assistance, while women and girls continue to face severe restrictions on their rights and freedoms. When girls lose access to education and families lose economic opportunities, the risk of child marriage increases. Through the Parwana Program, we stand alongside women and girls as they build safer, more secure futures. Learn more about our work and how you can be part of it through the link in our bio.
07/22/2026
Child marriage continues to affect millions of girls around the world. Swipe through to learn more about its lasting impact on education, health and economic opportunity. Keeping girls in school is one of the most effective ways to help prevent child marriage.
Learn more and support our work at the link in bio.
07/17/2026
Did you know that child marriage is legal in over half of all U.S. states?
Too Young To Wed is proud to join Tahirih and other endorsing organizations in supporting the reintroduction of the Child Marriage Prevention Act (CMPA) by Senator Durbin (IL), Senator Gillibrand (NY), Senator Schatz (HI), and Representative Gwen Moore (WI). The Child Marriage Prevention Act is the first federal legislation to tackle child marriage in the United States. The CMPA incentivizes states to and closes loopholes in our immigration laws that enable the exploitation of girls under the guise of marriage.
In the United States, child marriage brings devastating short- and long-term consequences, and girls are disproportionately harmed. Passing this legislation will send a strong message that the U.S. condemns child marriage, no matter where it occurs. Tell your members of Congress to support this bill and help make the U.S. a leader in the global movement to end child marriage and protect the futures of our children.
act.tahirih.org/a/2026-cmpa-sponsorship
The world’s biggest barrier to girls’ education isn’t a lack of ambition, it’s the failure of the systems meant to protect them. We often describe girls as resilient. And they are. But resilience should never be a prerequisite for an education, for choosing their own future, or for simply being a child. Today, 119 million girls around the world are out of school. No child should have to overcome conflict, displacement, discrimination, or the threat of child marriage simply to sit in a classroom. Across countries, cultures, and circumstances, their stories point to the same hope: the freedom to learn, to choose, and to shape their own futures. At Too Young to Wed, we work alongside communities to strengthen the conditions that keep girls safe, in school, and free to shape what comes next. Join us in building a world where every girl has the opportunity to learn, to choose her own future, and to thrive.
“Imagine how different life would be if every girl could reach her full potential.” - Malala Yousafzai
Did you know 122M+ girls worldwide are out of school? Imagine the ideas we’re missing, the leaders we haven’t met. This , we celebrate those working to ensure every girl can learn and choose her own future.
Together, we can create a world where girls are free to be children, access education, and determine the course of their own lives.
Support girls’ education at Malala.org/donate/MalalaDay
Malala Fund
What if the climate crisis is also a child marriage crisis?
For millions of girls around the world, it already is.
When droughts, floods, and other climate disasters destroy crops, livelihoods, and family incomes, impossible choices often follow. In communities already experiencing poverty and instability, climate disasters can push families into impossible circumstances, increasing the risk of child marriage. Climate change doesn’t cause child marriage, but it can make the conditions that drive it even worse.
That’s why climate action must also be about protecting girls’ rights. When girls can stay in school, when families have the support they need, and when women are included in climate decision-making, communities are better prepared to face a changing world. Their leadership and knowledge are essential to building solutions that leave no one behind.
Join us in this movement to protect girls’ rights and build a future where no girl is forced to choose between survival and her childhood.
Girls married as children in the United States are 31 percent more likely to live in poverty. 50 percent more likely to drop out of high school. Four times less likely to finish college. And as a new report by Columbia University’s Institute of Global Politics reveals: “More than 66,000 of child brides in the United States were not legally old enough to provide consent to s*xual relations with their spouses. Outside marriage, this would be considered a s*x crime.”
Child marriage is not a distant problem. It is happening in Alabama, Kentucky, Texas, West Virginia. It is happening now, legally, to children.
We are working to end it around the world, including here at home. Because no girl should have her future decided before she has had a chance to choose it.
Our Butterfly Program launches in Appalachia this summer, trusted adults, real skills, and community for girls who need it most.
Join us. Link in bio.
06/29/2026
On June 25th, Too Young to Wed co-sponsored and participated in “Children’s Rights in the Crimes Against Humanity Treaty: Strengthening Children’s Rights and Inclusive Justice” — a side event held on the margins of the UN Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict.
The event, chaired by H.E. Ambassador Oliver Maes of Luxembourg, opened with a keynote address by Ms. Vanessa Frazier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. Co-sponsored by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the End Gender Apartheid Campaign, the Malala Fund, Save the Children, and member states, Luxembourg, Latvia, Liberia, and Mexico, the event brought together Member States, UN representatives, civil society organizations, and legal experts to examine how proposed amendments to the Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity can better reflect the lived experiences of children, particularly girls, in conflict and crisis.
The discussion focused on three critical proposals: the codification of age-based persecution, forced marriage, and gender apartheid as crimes against humanity, and what it would take to close the structural gaps in international law that continue to leave the most vulnerable children behind.
Too Young to Wed spoke about the situation of girls in Afghanistan - the Taliban’s systematic dismantling of girls’ education, the recent decree legalizing child marriage, and the devastating intergenerational consequences of a system designed to remove girls from public life entirely. Over the past five years, Too Young to Wed has worked across Afghanistan, providing girls with access to secondary education, psychosocial support, and livelihood assistance through our Parwana Program — primarily targeting single-mother-headed households whose daughters face the greatest risk of child marriage.
06/23/2026
What food instantly takes you back to childhood?
Some of our most treasured memories begin around a table, with family, laughter, traditions, and meals made with love.
celebrates the power of community and the everyday acts of kindness, generosity, and connection that bring us together. Our team at Too Young to Wed is sharing the dishes that remind us of childhood, home, family, and the simple moments that shaped them.
From recipes passed down through generations to meals we couldn’t wait to eat after school, each dish tells a story.
Because every child deserves the chance to create memories like these.
Too many girls around the world are forced into marriage before they can fully experience childhood.
This week, we’re acknowledging childhood through food, and standing up for every girl’s right to have one.
Share your favorite childhood dish in the comments and tell us the memory behind it.
06/21/2026
“Sleep hungry many nights. Be in debt if you must. But do not sell your daughters.”
Those are Noor Ahmad’s words.
Years ago, he sold one of his kidneys to protect his daughters from the poverty that can push families toward child marriage.
Today, he earns a living through his work with support from Too Young to Wed. His hope remains the same:
“I want my daughters to go to school, become educated, and marry after they turn 18.”
This Father’s Day, we honor fathers like Noor Ahmad, whose greatest wish is for their daughters to grow up with the freedom to learn, choose their own futures, and marry only when they are ready.
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