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‘I hate this monster, I mean nothing to him’ – forced marriages in Britain

Hundreds of teenagers are being forced into unwanted marriages every year in Britain, according to new figures. The government’s Forced Marriage Unit says it dealt with 1,302 cases of men and women being pressured by relatives to wed in 2013. A quarter of incidents involved victims aged 16-17 and 82% of cases involved women. Although the total number .. read more

Girl forced into exile to avoid forced marriage

A 16-year-old girl who gave her name only as Irene says she has been in hiding for the past four years due to the threat of a forced marriage. She told Maame Akua, host of Asempa FM’s Abrabo programme in a telephone interview from her hideout that, she was ordered at the age of 12 .. read more

Britain Continues to Be a Global Leader in Tackling Abhorrent and Heinous Forced Marriages

Forced marriage is an appalling and indefensible abuse of human rights. Victims can suffer physical, psychological, emotional, financial and sexual abuse including being held unlawfully captive, assaulted and raped. The Government’s Forced Marriage Unit continues to be a global leader in tackling this heinous and abhorrent practice. The latest statistics, published on Thursday, show the .. read more

Hotline plan to help hidden child brides in Sydney

There are at least 60 child brides living in south-western Sydney, and many more girls are destined to be forced into under-age marriage, according to the head of a women’s health centre. Eman Sharobeem works with teenage girls in Fairfield, Liverpool and Cabramatta. Many of them have been married in the past three years. She .. read more

Journalists appeal for speedy prosecution of child related-abuses

Journalists at a day’s workshop on reducing child, early and forced marriages in Kumasi have appealed to the justice delivery system to ensure speedy prosecution of people involve in child right related abuses. The workshop was organised by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in collaboration the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and .. read more

My Sister Set Herself on Fire

When we think of the most horrific acts of violence against women around the world — female genital mutilation, sex slavery, child marriage, honor killings — we tend to picture the Third World. We assume this can happen only in places like Afghanistan, Iran and Somalia, only in countries that don’t have democratic governments or .. read more

Man saved from honour killing?

Indore: The police managed to prevent an honour killing incident by intercepting a vehicle, on Wednesday. The PCR cops of Sanyogitaganj were on duty at White Church junction when they heard help call ( save me) from a speeding Scorpio. They followed the SUV and intercepted it at Pipliyahana chauraha and found that a youth was .. read more

Relatives arrested over suspected “honour” killing in Gaza

Gaza police have arrested family members over the deaths of two Palestinian teenage girls, one of them the victim of a suspected “honour” killing, Hamas authorities said Monday. Authorities caught relatives of one of the girls as they were trying to bury her in a cemetery near Jabaliya, north of Gaza City, on Thursday, police .. read more

Khap leaders, sociologists to debate honour killings

  CHANDIGARH: Khap leaders and social activists will gather in Hisar on Tuesday to discuss how honour killings could be stopped in the “khapland.” This is probably the first time when Khap leaders have been called under a central government project to stop the gruesome killings. Khap leaders, along with other experts, will participate in .. read more

Killings of Palestinian women by relatives doubled in a year, figures show

A Gaza teen stabbed to death by her brother while she prayed in her room has become the latest addition to a grim statistic: Palestinian women killed by relatives, often for allegedly shaming the family. Twenty-six women were slain by relatives in the West Bank and Gaza in 2013, twice as many as the year .. read more