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Unchained At Last is a survivor-led nonprofit organization dedicated to ending forced and child marriage in the United States through direct services and systems change.[1]

History[edit]

Unchained at Last was founded in 2011 by forced marriage survivor and activist Fraidy Reiss to support people who wish to leave arranged and forced marriages.[2][3][4][5] The organization is incorporated in New Jersey. [6] It is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and has been an Organization in Special Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council since 2017.[7][8]

Mission and work[edit]

Per its mission statement, Unchained provides legal and social services to help women, girls, and others in the U.S. escape arranged/forced marriages and rebuild their lives. Unchained also pushes for social, policy, and legal change; according to its website, the organization started and now leads a growing national movement to eliminate child marriage in every U.S. state and at the federal level[9]

One of Unchained at Last's priorities is to change laws to prevent minors from being legally entered into a marriage in the United States.[10] Unchained serves people from various communities and tailors services to each client's background. Unchained offers legal assistance and other direct services, helps clients with social services, and mentoring.[2][3][4][11] As of 2023, the organization has assisted over 930 survivors.[12]

Upon learning about the widespread phenomenon of marriage under the age of 18 in the United States, Reiss, through Unchained, took on ending child marriage in all 50 U.S. states. In 2018, the first two U.S. states—Delaware[13] and New Jersey[14]—signed laws ending all marriage before 18, due to Unchained’s activism and assistance.[citation needed] Also in 2018, American Samoa, a U.S. territory, ended child marriage.[15] Pennsylvania[16], Minnesota[17], and the U.S. Virgin Islands[18] followed in 2020, then Rhode Island[19] and New York[20] in 2021 and Massachusetts[21] in 2022. In 2023, Vermont[22], Connecticut[23], and Michigan[24] passed bills to end child marriage, bringing to 10 the total number of states that have eliminated child marriage. As of 2023, several other states have introduced similar legislation to end marriage under the age of 18.[25]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Leslie Garisto Pfaff, "Unchained at Last Aims to End Child and Forced Marriages", New Jersey Monthly, February 15, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "The Joy Of Leaving An Arranged Marriage — And The Cost", NPR, June 15, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Samuel G. Freedman, "Woman Breaks Through Chains of Forced Marriage, and Helps Others Do the Same", New York Times, March 20, 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Unchained at Last founded by ex-Orthodox Jewish bride aids women and girls escape forced marriages", New York Daily News, October 16, 2016.
  5. ^ Fraidy Reiss, "Fraidy Reiss: Breaking The Chains Of Religious Tradition", HuffPost, April 25, 2012.
  6. ^ Samuel Freedman, "Woman Breaks Through Chains of Forced Marriage, and Helps Others Do the Same", New York Times, March 20, 2015
  7. ^ "United Nations Civil Society Participation – Apply for Consultative Status". esango.un.org.
  8. ^ "IRS Tax Exempt Organizations"
  9. ^ "New Michigan Law Bans Getting Married to a Minor", Oakland County Times, July 15, 2023.
  10. ^ Amy Braunschweiger, "Witness: Child Marriage in the US", Human Rights Watch, February 13, 2017.
  11. ^ Leeor Bronis, "Freedom from the bonds of unholy matrimony", The Times of Israel, June 5, 2013.
  12. ^ "Unchained At a Glance". Unchained At Last.
  13. ^ Bethlehem Feleke, "Delaware becomes first US state to fully ban child marriage", CNN, May 12, 2018.,
  14. ^ "New Jersey governor signs law banning underage marriage", AP, June 22, 2018.
  15. ^ "Governor Moliga signs into law bill to increase marriage age for girls", RNZ, September 12, 2018.
  16. ^ Audrey McNamara, "Pennsylvania just became the third state to ban child marriage", CBS News, May 11, 2020.
  17. ^ "Governor Walz signs bill to end child marriages", Minnesota House of Representatives, May 14, 2020.
  18. ^ "Governor Bryan Takes Action on 31 Bills", VI.gov.
  19. ^ Leah Rodriguez, "Rhode Island Is the Fifth US State to Officially Ban Child Marriage", Global Citizen, June 8, 2021.
  20. ^ Bryan Pietsch, New York becomes sixth state in U.S. to ban child marriages", Washington Post, July 23, 2021.
  21. ^ Alba Ibraj, "Massachusetts Becomes 7th State To End Child Marriage", Forbes, August 5, 2022.
  22. ^ "Vermont governor signs bill raising marriage age to 18", AP, April 21, 2023.
  23. ^ Alison Cross, "Connecticut bans child marriage", Hartford Courant, June 2, 2023.
  24. ^ Samantha May, "New Michigan law raises marriage age to 18 in effort to end child marriage", WGFL, July 12, 2023.
  25. ^ "Child Marriage - Progress". Unchained At Last.

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