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

The Home Office is set to build on the feasibility study by the universities, by testing and developing the tool to measure forced marriage and female genital mutilation.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

Personally, I was relieved not to bear witness to another forced marriage between script and score.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2024

Roshni, set up in 1979, supports minority communities affected by domestic violence, forced marriage and honour-based abuse.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2024

Amis is successful; he slays Hardré, and then has no little difficulty in saving himself from a forced marriage with Bellicent.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George