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Maniza Habib

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Maniza Habib is Research Associate at the Population Institute, a nonprofit based in Washington, DC that supports reproductive health and rights.

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Child marriage is a problem in the US that needs urgent action

Only 12 out of 50 states have a ban on this harmful practice.

Opinion by Maniza HabibManiza Habib

Published On 29 Apr 202429 Apr 2024

Sonia Ossorio President of the New York chapter of the National Organization for women speaks in favor of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's legislation to raise the age of consent to marry from age 14 to18-years-old during a news conference at the Capitol on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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