Unchained’s founder and executive director, Fraidy Reiss, was featured today on NPR’s Sunday Conversation with Rachel Martin.
Fraidy talked about how she entered an arranged marriage when she was 19, only to find out a week after her wedding that her husband was violent. She described being trapped in her abusive marriage for 12 years before she managed to earn a college degree at age 32 and leave with her two daughters — a process that led her family to declare her dead. And she explained how her experience motivated her to found Unchained At Last and help other women and girls avoid or leave arranged/forced marriages.
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