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 Home Office is set to build on the feasibility study by the universities, by testing and developing the tool to measure forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
But charities like Karma Nirvana, which helps women affected by forced marriage, say the prosecution rates do not reflect the true number of victims.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
“Arranged marriage sometimes gets conflated with forced marriage, but I see them as different things,” Khan explains.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023
What a romantic picture of a forced marriage have you drawn, Niece!
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 by Samuel Richardson
