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

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

But a forced marriage of that sort obliterates the very brand that helped create the streaming business by making television what it is today.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2023

So we settled on it in preference to surrender, which we knew meant death to ourselves, and for Maqueda a choice between that last grim solution of her troubles and a forced marriage.

From Queen Sheba's Ring by Haggard, Henry Rider