Newswise — A study has revealed for the first time that the crime of forced marriage remains rife in England and Wales. The research on Forced Marriage Protection Orders, a civil injunction designed ...

In their recent Just Security article, Elise Keppler and Maryanne Koussa describe the growing support among U.N. member states to include forced marriage as a delineated crime in the draft Crimes ...

Under international law, forced marriage has emerged as its own form of gendered violence, distinct from sex-related crimes — a phenomenon explored in depth in a report released last month by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author on her wedding day. "I was a 19-year-old bride, in the world's ugliest turtleneck gown and the world's ugliest wig," ...

The Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) has asked schools to help combat rising instances of forced marriage. In 2015-16, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) received 69 reports of ...

A research report that examines Scotland's legal protection for those at risk of forced marriage has been published by the University of Glasgow. The report, "Combating Forced Marriage: Strengthening ...

Dr. Humayra Abedin, center, with her lawyer Anne-Marie Hutchinson, left, and her barrister Hassan Khan, right, outside the High Court in London, Dec. 19, 2008Andy Rain / EPA When Humayra Abedin left ...

Child, early, and forced marriage (CEFM) is a widespread issue that affects people of all backgrounds and in various parts of the world. It is estimated that 640 million girls and women alive today ...

(The Center Square) - Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed another bill that advocates hope will end human rights abuses in marriage. On the same day that Newsom signed a bill to end child marriage in ...