September 28, 2009

Opinion: Forced Marriages in the UK–would you know what to do?

In 2008 The British Forced Marriage unit statistics recorded 1618 reports of possible forced marriage, of which 39% […]
September 25, 2009

Forced marriage foiled in Fargo, North Dakota

A forced marriage between Bosnian teens has been foiled in Fargo, North Dakota: “The parents often get together […]
September 15, 2009

New British Push in Honor Killings

In the first half of this year alone, the British government’s Forced Marriage Unit–which deals with honour violence […]
September 14, 2009

Yemeni girl, 12, dies in painful childbirth

A 12-year-old Yemeni girl, who was forced into marriage with a 24-year-old man, died during a painful childbirth […]
September 3, 2009

Waiting in France for a fatwa against forced marriages

Christine Jamaa, head of the group Voix des Femmes (Women’s Voice), fights against forced marriages in Islam: she […]
September 2, 2009

New school year puts French on forced marriage alert

As thousands of girls and young women prepare to start the new school year in France, activists are […]
August 26, 2009

Child bride turned over to 80-year-old husband

In Saudi-Arabia, a 10-year-old bride was returned last Sunday to her 80-year-old husband by her father who discovered […]
August 14, 2009

Forced marriages: New guidance for UK teachers to display information

Some British teachers have been reluctant to display information about forced marriages for fear of offending pupils’ cultural […]
July 23, 2009

Teen’s terror of forced marriage

Forced marriage is a painful fact of life for some Muslim teenagers, and it’s a subject that intrigued […]
July 17, 2009

Young Muslims in the Netherlands fear forced marriages during summer break

Many young Dutch Muslims are afraid that they will be forced into a marriage during summer break and […]
July 9, 2009

UK: New guidance on forced marriage is ‘a united step forward’

In the UK, new guidance on identifying and protecting victims of forced marriage is ‘a united step forward’ […]
July 5, 2009

Forced marriage: ‘I can’t forgive or forget what they did to me’

An NHS doctor from east London who was held hostage and forced into marriage has spoken for the […]
July 2, 2009

British teachers told how to spot forced marriages

The British government has provided school teachers with guidelines on how to spot cases of potential forced marriages, […]
July 2, 2009

Italy: Pakistani girl ‘leaps from balcony after refusing arranged marriage’

A 15-year-old Pakistani girl was hospitalised after reportedly jumping from a balcony in the northern Italian town of […]
June 22, 2009

100 women in Cambridgeshire escape forced marriages – thanks to an ‘honour’ crime hotline.

100 women in Cambridgeshire, UK have escaped or avoided a forced marriages thanks to an ‘honour’ crime hotline […]
June 12, 2009

Islamic countries reject monitor for discrimination against women

During the Annual Full-day Meeting on Women’s Human Rights held last week at the United Nations Human Rights […]
June 5, 2009

Court helps first Kirklees’ forced marriage victim

A forced marriage has been prevented by law for the first time in Kirklees (UK): a new law […]
June 3, 2009

24-year rule affects marriage rates

The introduction of stringent family reunification measures in Denmark has halved the number of young women from immigrant […]
June 2, 2009

Proposal to Outlaw forced marriages in Sweden

Nearly 70,000 young Swedes feel they aren’t able to freely choose whom they want to marry, according to […]
June 2, 2009

A match made in the old ways

Rahila Muhibi, a native of Afghanistan and a recent college graduate in North Carolina, has no intentions of […]