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“Violated Freedom” Shed Light on the Phenomenon of Women’s Honor Killing in Palestinian Society
Roles for Social Change Association (ADWAR) started the first performance of the play “Violated Freedom” within the activities of the “Social Pioneers working to Reduce the Phenomenon of killing women” project funded by the American Consulate. The chairman of the advisory board of ADWAR Association Dr. Yousef Abu Maria attended the opening of the play, .. read more
Jan
New UN resolution significant step forward to ending child marriage
A HISTORIC step forward by the United Nations in New York to address child, early and forced marriage, has been welcomed by child rights organisation, Plan International. The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution dedicated to the issue of child, early and forced marriage – the first in its history – on Thursday 21 November. .. read more
Jan
Case sought against father for forced marriage
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Tuesday sought comments from the Shahdara SHO by November 22 in a petition seeking the registration of a case against the petitioner’s father and other relatives for trying to force her to marry a man more than twice her age. Petitioner Uzma Bibi, 21, said her father .. read more
Jan
Scale of forced marriage problem in the UK
Earlier this year the Forced Marriage Unit – a joint operation by the Home Office and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office – revealed it helped in 1,485 cases of possible forced marriage in 2012, involving 60 countries across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and North America. The statistics for last year show that of .. read more
Jan
Forced marriages: In Kashmir, old habits die hard
MUZAFFARABAD: From a distance, Jalila Ahmed* and Nabila Ahmed* look like ordinary village girls in their late teens, shopping at the local bazaar in a Mirpur suburb. But move in a little closer, and the differences are more obvious — they struggle to communicate with the vendors, sometimes giggling between themselves as they try to .. read more
Saudi woman elopes, seeks asylum in Yemen
Sana’a: A Saudi woman who fled her home last month to seek asylum in Yemen said that she would rather die than be forced to return home and marry a man she did not love. “She has repeatedly said that she would kill herself if she was forced to return home and not be allowed .. read more
Nov
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