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Tradition of chaining women at home from birth to death... Will it ever stop?

Pooja — Thu, 03 May 2007 12:03:53 +0000

There is plethora of suicide attempts in Pakistan and in both the cases the reason has been the same- forced obedience. A 2-year analysis of all such reports in a major newspaper in Pakistan showed 306 suicides reported from 35 cities. While, we...

Afghanistan: New contract to curb child marriages

Pooja — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:46:49 +0000

Authorities in Afghanistan has decided to turn down child and forced marriages in the Province. Hence, ‘Nikah Nama’, a formal marriage contract has been proposed as an antidote to the prevalent custom. This has been welcomed by the...

Violence against women plaguing Algeria

Pooja — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:37:45 +0000

Social taboos hovering around brutality are the main causes of perpetuating violence against women in Algeria. In addition, lack of a sufficient response and support for sufferers of violence silence the victims, and perpetuate the violence....

Failure to declare forced marriages illegal creating havoc among Muslim women

Himadree — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:57:08 +0000

The British government’s incapability to adopt the proposed legislation that was meant to declare forced marriages illegal is going to aggravate the life of Muslim women across the globe. Since time immemorial, they are the symbol of...

Legal action to be approved in U.K. against forced marriages

Himadree — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 05:35:52 +0000

A new law is on its way to be implemented in interest of the women community. Any women in UK, who is forced to get married, might soon be able to take legal action against the offender. Aisha Gill, one of UK’s leading criminologists, a...

Hanna Siddiqui campaigns against forced marriages in Britain

Zodingliani — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:57:46 +0000

Forced marriages are a dilemma that still lingers strongly especially in Pakistan and India. We often come across in the news how the British government is fighting to prevent this. And among one of the fighters of this right is a Pakistani woman...

British Government to Pass Law Against Forced Marriage

Bhawana Negi — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 06:41:08 +0000

The British government is having a thought to punish families forcing arranged marriages. Many of the immigrants from South Asia, Middle East and Africa are very traditionally bounded, and thus do not prefer their children marrying outside the...