Forced marriage
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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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Muslims are marginalised by being made to feel they have to frequently renounce terrorist acts, according to faith review
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Colin Bloom’s report expected to be most sweeping review of government’s relationship with religion in more than a generation
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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
The Guardian view on the Taliban’s advance: not an American debacle but Afghans’ tragedy