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
In Norway, where cousin marriage was banned last year, lawmakers said the practice was linked to forced marriage, with some South Asian immigrant women coerced into unions with relatives.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2025
Now 41, she is an ambassador for Oxford Against Cutting, visiting schools across the region to educate others on 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
He had the assurance to say, with one of his usual gay airs, That he should by this means have disappointed his enemies, and saved me from a forced marriage.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 by Richardson, Samuel
