Too Young to Wed
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Too Young to Wed is a nonprofit providing visual evidence of the human rights challenges faced by girls and women around the world. Using the power of visual storytelling, Too Young To Wed aims to protect girls rights and end child marriage worldwide. In many societies, marriage is a celebrated institution signifying a union between two adults and the beginning of their future together. Worldwide,
06/01/2026
At first, motherhood can seem the same everywhere. The love is the same. The worry is the same. The hope for your children is the same.
But the challenges mothers face can be very different.
Bibi Mina is a mother of five living in Afghanistan. After losing her husband, she was left with few ways to support her family. As opportunities for women became increasingly restricted, she spun wool at home while her sons collected plastic from the streets to sell.
Some days, the family had enough to eat. Other days, they went hungry if no help was available.
Through our Parwana Program, Bibi Mina received emergency food assistance and vocational training. Today, she is working to build a more stable future for her children.
When families have support, girls have a better chance to stay safe, continue their education, and shape their own futures.
Learn more about our work at the link in our bio.
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For many girls around the world, the countdown stops here. Not because childhood ended naturally. Because someone decided it was time.
Child marriage is not a distant problem. It is happening now, in countries where girls are married before they finish primary school, and in the United States, where child marriage is still legal in 34 states.
640 million women alive today were married as children. 200 million of them before age 15. Each one had an age where her story should have gone differently. Where she should have been allowed to just be a child a little longer.
At Too Young to Wed we work every day for the girls still inside that countdown. She still has time. Help us make sure no one takes it from her. Link in our bio.
05/10/2026
For millions of women and girls, choosing their own future remains a luxury beyond their reach. Whether to stay in school, delay motherhood, or even carry a passport, these are not questions they are permitted to answer for themselves. It is precisely because so many are denied choice that Cristina Mittermeier is compelled to seek out and share their stories.
Flor de Sal (40 x 60) and Polvo y Pétalos (32 x 32 in), part of Mittermeier’s Marks of Memory series, honor women whose lives unfold within systems not built for them. Centuries of displacement, restriction, and colonial structures of power continue to constrain the realities these women navigate. Each piece layers hand-cut floral forms, crafted from Mittermeier’s own legal records, immigration documents, and materials gathered over a lifetime, onto her photographs of women whose dignity persists despite histories of erasure and marginalization.
Far too many girls and women are still denied the right to choose their own path. Together, we can support a future where every girl has the freedom to learn, to grow, and to shape her own story.
Every mother who fought for her path made it possible for the next girl to choose hers. And when girls have support, they get to choose. That is what Too Young to Wed is working toward.
Thank you for standing with women and girls this Mother’s Day. Link in our bio.
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