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
To change this, the Home Office has said it will pilot a prevalence study looking at how widespread forced marriage is, as part of a raft of measures to crack down on honour-based abuse.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
Personally, I was relieved not to bear witness to another forced marriage between script and score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
Survivors of forced marriage fear cases will remain underground, despite a new minimum-age law designed to crack down on children being married.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2024
Still further: every forced marriage is, in fact, for the most part, half a marriage of fancy.
From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
