forced marriage
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When AFP visited Ibrahim's set last year, he was filming season two of "Wata Shida", a series about a woman confronted with the prospect of a forced marriage.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
The specialist charity said it provided support to a total of 2,346 cases in the same period, including 417 people who were facing forced marriage.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2024
Roshni, set up in 1979, supports minority communities affected by domestic violence, forced marriage and honour-based abuse.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2024
“Arranged marriage sometimes gets conflated with forced marriage, but I see them as different things,” Khan explains.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023
Perhaps if I had been a mother I could have endured the torture of a forced marriage of suitability.
From The Deserted Woman by Ellen Marriage
