Forced marriage
The latest news and comment on forced marriage
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Petition launched to halt mass ceremony that organisers say is for 100 orphans whose parents were killed by gangs
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Global political influence may make assault and forced marriage more frequent and severe, say experts
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Despite a ban on ‘ghag’ forced marriages, a man laid claim to Inteha when she was 12 years old. Now she lives in fear as her family fights for her right to marry the man of her choice
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Researchers say families under stress unable to support daughters and look to marry them off
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Mohammed Taroos Khan killed 20-year-old at home in Bradford after she would not marry man in Pakistan
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As the Taliban denies women access to any schooling, there has been a rise in students being married off to ease family poverty
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New estimates say the past five years has seen 10m more people enslaved and millions more children forced into early marriage
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Namerah, 25, and Farhan, 30, met in 2014 while they were both studying in Malaysia. They now live in Bangladesh with their two cats
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Six men arrested after Pakistani-Spanish women tricked into travelling to Gujrat where they were shot
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Marriage of under-18s associated with risk of domestic, sexual and ‘honour’-based violence, say MPs, who will vote on Friday
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Editorial: The state has taken too casual an approach. Of course a person’s capacity to marry should be checked
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Stigma can stop women seeking help but Hawa Bah, who was cut at eight, reaches those suffering in silence to get them the care they need
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As horror stories emerge from areas that have fallen to the Islamist militants, women living alone fear they have no route of escape
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Families fearful of what will happen to girls and young women as the Islamist militants gain ground are joining the tens of thousands of displaced Afghans
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The government’s words at the global education summit are completely at odds with its behaviour
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At 17, Priyanka Bairwa refused her arranged marriage. Instead, she started Rajasthan Rising to help thousands of others and call for free education
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3 out of 5 stars.
Knots: A Forced Marriage Story review – bleak overview of marital coercion in America
3 out of 5 stars.Judging by the harrowing testimonies in Kate Ryan Brewer’s documentary, the US legal system offers little protection for teenage women pushed to marry against their will
The Guardian view on the Taliban’s advance: not an American debacle but Afghans’ tragedy