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

But charities like Karma Nirvana, which helps women affected by forced marriage, say the prosecution rates do not reflect the true number of victims.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

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

“Arranged marriage sometimes gets conflated with forced marriage, but I see them as different things,” Khan explains.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2023

Yours is no better than a forced marriage.

From Imprudence by Young, F.E. Mills