About this episode
Fraidy Reiss shares her experience as a survivor of an abusive arranged marriage and discusses her activism against forced and child marriage.
The survivor of an abusive arranged marriage, Fraidy Reiss wants to ensure that other girls never suffer the same ordeal. In 2011, Reiss founded Unchained at Last, an activist group that works to end forced marriage and child marriage in the United States. This story by Chicago journalist Elly Fishman appeared in the October 2024 issue of Rotary magazine . This audio version of her story is narrated by Linda Yu.
People in this episode
Host: Linda Yu
Guest: Fraidy Reiss
Topics covered
- forced marriage
- child marriage
- activism
- survivor stories
- women's rights
Keywords
- abusive marriage
- activist
- Unchained at Last
- forced marriage
- child marriage
- survivor
- women's rights
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Unchained at Last, Rotary magazine
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