WBGO Journal Podcast

Should New York Raise the Age for Child Marriages?


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The New York State legislature is considering raising the legal age of marriage from as young as 14-years-old to 17-years-old. Advocates say child marriages are forced and can lead to abuse. Safia Mahjebin grew up in a Bangladeshi community in Brooklyn… She says the idea of marriage was always there. "As far as a child has a memory I can remember marriage being in the air. If anyone in the community wanted good for me, they would say I hope you marry a doctor. I hope he takes care of you." She
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