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Sara Tasneem, a child marriage survivor and advocate, stands outside Sacramento's city hall
Sara Tasneem
Child marriage survivor and advocate Sara Tasneem outside Sacramento City Hall

Nearly 300,000 child marriages have occurred in America during the past decade, and more than 20,000 happened in California. Today, we talk to case workers working against child marriage, and survivors who have overcome it. Then, we hear from three Bay Area women who ply different genres to tell important stories.