Watch Fraidy Reiss' Tedx Talk on Forced Marriage in the US
Many of us think that forced marriage only happens in developing countries. However, 48 states allow minors to marry.
Global Freedom Network
http://www.globalfreedomnetwork.org/History
The Global Freedom Network is an open association, and other faith leaders will be invited to join and support this initiative. The Global Freedom Network will also carry out a program of coordinated action and activity with international organizations; governments and national authorities; civil society organizations and NGOs; as well as people of good will around the world, to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking by 2020 throughout our world and for all time.
- Contact Information:
- Casina Pio IV
- Vatican,
- Italy
- Active In: Italy
- Forms of Abolition:
- Awareness, Policy Making
- Forms of Slavery:
- Sex Trafficking, Forced Labor
- Tel: +39 (0) 66 988-2026
- Email: info@gfn2020.org
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Slavery Still Exists
Recently, John Stewart from The Daily Show challenged Bill O'Reilley to acknowledge white privilege, and the legacy of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.