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

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

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

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

As he had foreseen, it required little persuasion to induce Oldcorne to lend his assistance to the forced marriage, and he only feared the decided opposition they should encounter from Viviana.

From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison