But it's not all good. #ForcedMarriages have no consent & too many women live as slaves. 15m girls a year marry before 18. Religious rules against marrying outsiders fuels xenophobia and hatred. In highly religious countries, rejecting a forced marriage can lead to communal 'honour' killings.
"CRACKDOWN ON HONOUR CRIME"
@georgelithgow.bsky.social for @metro.co.uk (South)
A crackdown on #HonourCrimes is to be launched by the Government to combat growing abuse of women including #murder, #ForcedMarriages and #FemaleGenitalMutilation (#FGM).
#Metro
#TomorrowsPapersToday
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Happy new year!
Our new text deals with the abuse of power towards children in the late Ottoman Empire. It shows that especially (half-)orphans children were often in vulnerable positions.
kritarab.hypotheses.org/1102
#children #vulnerability #ottomanempire #orphans #forcedmarriages
#Children #FLDS #ChildBrides #Rape #Incest #Polygamy #SisterWives #LDS #ElizabethSmart #ChildAbuse #SpousalAbuse #ForcedMarriages #ReligiousCults bsky.app/profile/mist...
🚨 BREAKING: Alina Imran’s rescue is a powerful reminder that every life matters! 💪
🔗 Link to read more: ecspe.org/rescue-of-al...
#JusticeForAlina #RescueMission #RescueAlinaImran #ForcedConversion #HumanRights #ReligiousFreedom #ECSPE #Pakistan #ChristianPersecution #ForcedMarriages #Punjab
On Nov 13th and 14th at University of Lausanne, Clara Rigoni will host a workshop on "Forced Marriages in 🇨🇭 and Europe". Participation is free, registration is required. @fdca-unil.bsky.social
#forcedmarriages #victimsupport #goodpractice #restorativejustice www.linkedin.com/posts/clara-...
perpetrators'
#ForcedMarriages
www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-04/nsw-forc...
Caseworker, Ms Argy also said:
"They can be groomed from a very young age, as young as six or seven."
#ForcedMarriages
#GroomingChildren
#Pakistan seeks to curb child, #forcedMarriages w/punishment increase- altho only to 5-10yrs in prison. #humanRights http://news.trust.org/item/20170207183654-nkxgt/
#Cambodian #women trafficked, multiple #ForcedMarriages, abandoned by embassy. #china #humanRights @antislaveryOz http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-nowhere-run