Above, Anita, 15, during the Tehani Photo Workshop in Samburu County, Kenya.
Too Young to Wed works directly alongside girls, families and communities facing child marriage, violence and exploitation. Being close to the work matters: it allows us to see how these risks take shape, what makes a difference, and where existing approaches fall short.
We use what we learn to strengthen our programmes, inform research, tell stories responsibly, and bring girls’ experiences and evidence into wider conversations about child marriage and girls’ rights.
Above, Nujoud Ali in Sana'a, Yemen. She was married to her husband, more than 20 years her senior when she was only eight years old. They are now divorced. Nujoud's story caused parliament to consider a bill writing a minimum marriage age into law.
5,111 girls
reached through TYTW programmes in 2025
562,273 days
of learning delivered
36,906+ people
reached through TYTW programmes since our founding
99.88%
of girls in TYTW programmes protected from child marriage
$8.13M
invested directly in frontline programmes since our founding
The work does not end when a girl completes a course or a family receives support. What we see and learn through direct work can become knowledge that helps other people understand what is happening and what needs to change.
In Afghanistan, for example, TYTW's work with girls and families provides a close view of how education restrictions, poverty, displacement and household pressure intersect. That experience informs both our programmes and our wider advocacy. In 2025, a member of TYTW's Afghanistan team, herself a survivor of child marriage, testified before the UN Human Rights Council about the realities facing women and girls in the country. Four months later, the Council voted to create an independent investigative mechanism for Afghanistan.
Our photography and storytelling carry another part of that work outward. In 2025, TYTW's digital advocacy reached 1.4 million people through a single reel on girls' rights in Iran, while reporting in Germany's BRIGITTE magazine reached 1.06 million readers.
This is the connection at the heart of TYTW: we work close to girls and communities, learn from what we see, and carry that knowledge further, through programmes, research, journalism and advocacy.
The goal is not simply to prevent a marriage. It is to change the conditions that make child marriage possible and to make sure that what girls and communities know from lived experience helps shape what happens next.
