Thousands Of Young Women In US Forced Into Marriage

NPR’s All Things Considered talks to AHA Foundation sister organizations Unchained at Last and Tahirih Justice Center about forced marriage in the US.  Read and listen here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2015/04/14/399337562/thousands-of-young-women-in-u-s-forced-into-marriage

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eurotogel

Washington

Grade: C

Number of Women and Girls At Risk: 25,000

Status: Existing Legislation Needs Strengthening

Improve by adding: Prosecuting parents/guardian, felony offense