Too Young to Wed protects girls from child marriage, violence and exploitation and helps them build lives on their own terms.

From Afghanistan to Kenya, and from communities across the Global South to our home in the United States, we work alongside girls, families and communities to understand what is really driving child marriage and what it takes to change it. That can mean helping a girl stay in school, providing direct financial support to a family, creating safe spaces and opportunities for girls to connect and grow, or working with communities to address the pressures that can push girls into marriage.

But change also needs to happen beyond the communities where we work. We build strategic partnerships, support locally led solutions and advocate for changes in policies, systems and communities. And we make sure girls’ voices are part of the global conversation by using photography, storytelling, direct advocacy and other creative approaches to bring their experiences and perspectives into spaces where decisions are made.

We believe girls are not simply beneficiaries. They are experts in their own lives and powerful agents of change. Our work is grounded in lived experience, local leadership and long-term relationships wherever we work.

Because ending child marriage means more than stopping a marriage. It means making sure every girl has the opportunity to choose what comes next.