Obligated to wed an abusive older guy whenever she had been just 19, Fraidy Reiss escaped and started a nonprofit, Unchained At final, to greatly help girls and ladies caught by wedding and push for social and appropriate reform in the U.S. Now bills banning wedding under age 18 are pending in 11 state legislatures.
More or less 248,000 kiddies — some as early as 12 — were hitched within the U.S. between 2000 and 2010, most of them girls wed to adult males. Girls who marry are not merely denied their youth, they are generally socially separated, with restricted possibilities for employment and education. Continue reading