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Dear Khira, Did you know children can legally marry in Massachusetts? In fact, with parental consent and a judge’s approval there is NOminimum age to marry. Between 2000 to 2016, more than 1,200 children under age 18 were married in Massachusetts. Almost all were girls marrying adult men. This has to stop!  www.actuelles.ma A new bill to end all marriages under age 18 (H1478/S24) will be considered in the Massachusetts State legislature this year. Please contact Massachusetts lawmakers to tell them to make this bill a priority to ensure this legislation gets passed. TAKE ACTION Thank you for standing with us!

Heather Barr, Acting Co-Director of the Women’s Rights Division, Human Rights Watch, @heatherbarr1  TAKE ACTION