The problem of forced marriage in the U.S.

The problem of forced marriage in the U.S.

PBS NewsHour

InläsarePBS NewsHour
Längd9 min
Språken
FörlagNewsHour Productions
ISBN9781987108798

She was never verbally or physically threatened or restrained. But at age 19, Nina Van Harn felt like she couldn’t say no when she was expected to marry a man chosen by her family. And she is not alone in her experience. In a two-year period, it’s estimated that there were 3,000 such forced marriage cases in the United States. Special correspondent Gayle Tzemach Lemmon reports.