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The problem of forced marriage in the US
PBS NewsHour
Narrator PBS NewsHour
Publisher: NewsHour Productions
Summary
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.
Duration: 10 minutes (00:09:37) Publishing date: 2016-09-14; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —
