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

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

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 Richardson, Samuel