Forced marriage News

A 15-year-old girl was married off to a 90-year-old Saudi man, in exchange for her parents receiving a fat dowry from the groom. The marriage has sparked condemnation within the Kingdom.

Around 300 people in Sweden live under the threat of being married off to someone against their will. Now, a new law presented Thursday aims to fix that.

In a small northern town in Morocco, a 16-year-old child has committed suicide by injesting rat poison. Apparently, the child had been raped one year before and was forced by her family and the courts to marry the man who raped her, in the name of honor.

Islington - The forced marriage of under-age girls is prevalent in many countries, with an estimated 25,000 young girls forced into marriage each day. The issue is becoming an increasing concern in the U.K., and in the London Borough of Islington.

New York - In New York State alone, about 300 girls and women were forced into marriage in the past two years. The figure nationwide is believed to be 3,000 women. And the U.S. which has little understanding of the practice, isn't doing much about it.

A multicultural society means multicultural values. Here in Lyon, France, FIJI, an association which fights for the rights of women, their children and their families, confronts the practical aspects of this issue on a daily basis.

A nineteen year old woman is facing fifteen months of separation from her husband after immigration rules put in place to stop forced marriages make her an unintended victim.

A young woman, of Asian heritage, has been saved by the British police when her father was trying to force his daughter into a marriage against her consent, reported by Telegraph.