Unchained’s founder/executive director, Fraidy Reiss, spoke today at the global Trust Conference in London, where she joined a discussion on why progress on women’s rights has stagnated worldwide. She explained how her own forced-marriage experience inspired her to found Unchained – and, as often happens, surprised the audience by showing that forced and child marriage are pervasive problems in the US.
“Let me tell you what forced marriage in America looks like,” Reiss told the audience of some 650 people. “Let me tell you what child marriage in America looks like.”
The two-day conference, hosted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, aimed to find real solutions to fight slavery, empower women and advance human rights worldwide.
Photo credits: Thomson Reuters Foundation, Fraidy Reiss
