Forced marriage. Child marriage. Honor violence.
Yes, these terrifying abuses happen in America, and they destroy girls’ and women’s lives, Fraidy Reiss, Unchained’s founder/executive director, told a shocked audience of 1,200 at TEDxFoggyBottom 2018 on Saturday.
Fraidy explained how her own traumatic experience inspired her to found Unchained to help other women and girls in the U.S. escape forced marriages.
“We’re going to keep pushing and fighting until we end child marriage, and all forms of forced marriage, in America and beyond,” Reiss told the audience. “Wherever you live, I urge you to join the movement.”
Fraidy’s talk will be posted in the coming weeks on the TEDx Talks YouTube channel, which has nearly 11 million subscribers.
