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   Darnell Clayton :verified: (darnell@one.darnell.one)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 20:20:58 JST Darnell Clayton :verified:

   in reply to

   • Qasim Rashid, Esq.
   • Mike Taylor 🦕

   @mike I did not even know this was an issue! I grew up in a state that banned all marriages under 18, but I assumed this was the norm across the country.

   Yeah, this is terrible! I am glad @QasimRashid is pointing this out!

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     Mike Taylor 🦕 (mike@sauropods.win)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 20:21:00 JST Mike Taylor 🦕

     "The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) calls for action to specify a minimum marriage age of 18. While 186 of 193 countries have ratified the CEDAW treaty, the United States shamefully remains as one of only seven countries that has to date refused to ratify it. We join Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Nauru, Palau, and Tonga on this indefensible list."

     https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/america-has-a-child-marriage-epidemicand