Forced Marriages

Articles

• Pakistan: On militancy and child marriage
  6 May 2016, by siawi3

  Pakistan has both the capacity and the ability to take action against militant outfits as and when it chooses. The governement is perpetuating a policy whereby the military punishes recalcitrant, erstwhile allies – the ‘bad’ Taliban – while continuing to support and tolerate the existence of those that remain cooperative and quiescent – the proverbial ‘good’ Taliban. While it is tempting to believe that military force alone can work, the reality is that a truly comprehensive solution would require an ideological offensive coupled with a genuine desire to address the root causes of violence and radicalization – deprivation, marginalization, and alienation.

• AI (continued)- ’Soft law’ and hard choices: a conversation with Gita Sahgal
  19 April 2010, by siawi2
  by Deniz Kandiyoti, 19 April 2010
  In the first of a two-part conversation, Deniz Kandiyoti and Gita Sahgal explore the challenges posed by the international conjuncture following the “war on terror” for gender justice and women’s rights.
  DK: We  (...)
• Lebanese-Australian girl goes to court to stop her marriage
  5 October 2011, by siawi3

  A 16-year-old girl has been placed on an airport watch list in
  Australia after going to court to prevent her parents sending her to
  Lebanon for a forced marriage.

• Morocco: Forced to marry her rapist — days until the vote. PETITION TO CHANGE THE LAW
  13 January 2014, by siawi3

  "Prime Minister Benkirane and Members of Parliament:
  Since 2006, the government has been promising to pass a law to stop violence against women, but has failed to do so. As concerned global citizens, we call on you to stand with women by immediately reforming Article 475 which lets rapists escape punishment by marrying their child victims and to pass comprehensive legislation addressing violence against women.
  Right now, there is almost no news coverage and no pressure on legislators to do the right thing. When our call is 1 million strong, we’ll place ads in the newspapers that MPs read and stand with Moroccan activists outside of Parliament".

• Afrique : « Enlevée par BokoHaram »
  1er février 2016, par siawi3

  Assiatou a quatorze ans. Sa vie bascule le 24 novembre 2014 quand Boko Haram fait main basse sur sa ville, Damasak au nord-est du Nigeria.

• Kyrgyzstan: MPs Say No to Banning Underage Islamic Marriage
  28 May 2016, by siawi3

  the parliament in Kyrgyzstan recently voted down a proposed law that would have prohibited nikah ceremonies for underage girls. Although nikah marriages do not hold formal legal weight, they are on the increase, and encourage and legitimize child marriages, especially in cases of ’bride’ kidnappings, families selling their young daughters (bride price), and likelihood of domestic abuse and sexual violence.

• Danish imam urges govt to accept child marriages among refugees
  30 May 2016, by siawi3

  A high-profile imam has urged the Danish government to accept child brides, as the practice is part of the culture of many refugees arriving in the country The Danish Integration Ministry revealed in January that there were 27 minors living as part of a married couple in the asylum system. An investigation by Metroxpress found brides as young as 14 living in refugee centers. Government data from Norway shows that at least 61 minors were married when they sought asylum in the country last year, several of whom were under the country’s age of consent. The youngest was an 11-year-old girl.

• India: The one who got away - Teenager battles her own child marriage
  13 January 2014, by siawi3

  Child marriage, usually without the girl’s consent, is rampant in rural India. A girl’s struggle and a victory.

• Arabie Saoudite : Mariage arrangé : des Saoudiennes portent plainte contre leur père
  26 mai 2014, par siawi3

  382 femmes qui s’opposent à l’autorité patriarcale portent leur cause devant les tribunaux. Ces informations, révélées par le ministère saoudien de la Justice dans la presse locale, constituent une première dans ce pays.

• Afghanistan : Fuir Les Violences Domestiques N’est Pas Un Crime
  4 octobre 2012, par siawi3

  Le ministre de la Justice et celle des Droits des femmes ont assuré que les Afghanes ayant fui un mariage forcé ou des violences domestiques ne feraient plus l’objet de poursuites.

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