Kudos to the fierce advocates at Tahirih Justice Center‘s Forced Marriage Initiative for calling on the U.S. to address forced marriage customs in CONUS: “At this week’s Girl Summit, a gathering of governments, NGOs, and leaders from around the world, the U.S. government failed to issue any meaningful commitments to address forced marriage in the U.S.” Quick to criticize foreign governments’ failure to curb this harmful practice overseas, the USG has yet to step up and acknowledge that forced marriage happens in the homeland, too…

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