Protecting Victims of Forced Marriage: Is Age a Protective Factor?

Gangoli, Geetanjali; Chantler, Khatidja

doi:10.1007/s10691-009-9132-7

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“…The following of traditional customs and beliefs of families, clans and tribes can put pressure on people to conform. In this respect distinguishing between arranged marriage and forced marriage is not always easy, although the latter is considered a type of domestic violence that can involve both children and adults (Gangoli and Chantler, 2009).…”

Section: Arranged Marriage Forced Marriage and Early Marriagementioning

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Debatable Marriages: Marriage and Child Marriage in Saudi Arabia

Al-Hakami

McLaughlin

2016

Marriage & Family Review

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This paper examines marriage and the constitution of familial relationships in Saudi Arabia, with a specific focus on one form of marriage that has recently become an issue of public, political and religious discussion, that of 'child marriage'. The situation within Saudi Arabia is compared with gendered relationships in other countries, most notably those in Western Europe with specific attention given to the United Kingdom (UK). It is argued that policy developments in Saudi Arabia need to be seen in the context of wider Saudi culture, Sharia law and religious interpretations of the Koran.

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Section: Arranged Marriage Forced Marriage and Early Marriagementioning

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Debatable Marriages: Marriage and Child Marriage in Saudi Arabia

Al-Hakami

McLaughlin

2016

Marriage & Family Review

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“…This is further exacerbated by cultural practices such as bride-price 1 as the marriage of the girl brings resources into the bride's family from the groom's family. Second, many cultures across the world prize the sexual purity of girls and women, and as Gangoli and Chantler (2009) argue marriage thus becomes the only legitimate arena for sexual relations and likely to be a contributory factor in early and forced marriage. This brief discussion highlights the complexities associated with understanding forced marriage globally and illustrates the importance of the intersections of socioeconomic and cultural factors in forced marriage.…”

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Recognition of and Intervention in Forced Marriage as a Form of Violence and Abuse

Chantler

2012

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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This paper highlights the importance of recognising forced marriage as a form of violence and draws attention to the interventions that are developing in Europe as a response to forced marriage. The paper highlights the difficulties of conflating all child marriages as forced marriage and discusses the different contexts of childhood in different parts of the globe. The UK is reputed to have the widest range of policy interventions and practice guidance to tackle forced marriage and is therefore used as a case study in this paper, but reference is also made to other countries thus ensuring a wider relevance. The paper's analysis of UK based research studies on forced marriage identifies three key themes: i) lack of adequate reporting of incidents of forced marriage; ii) lack of professional knowledge of forced marriage and their fear of intervention; iii) the tension between conceptualizing forced marriage as purely cultural or as a form of gender based violence. It also highlights the largely legislative responses to forced marriage in Europe; Civil Protection for victims of forced marriage in the UK is discussed and a critical analysis is offered of the increase in marriage and sponsorship age in the UK and in many European countries. Health and clinical issues related to forced marriage are highlighted and the paper calls for further research globally to i) better understand the extent and nature of forced marriage; ii) to evaluate current interventions; iii) to investigate the clinical and potential mental health implications of forced marriage.

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“…However, the report states similar finding of high prevalence of early marriage among Janjatis and dalits. Gangoli and Chantler (2009) find families and belonging communities as decision makers behind child marriage incidence. However, Danna (2009) sees the eligibility requirement of marriage contextual to belonging culture, country or even regions.…”

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Child Marriage in Nepal: Stakeholders’ Perspective

Gautam

2019

J. Health Promotion

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This study is about child marriage in Nepal from stakeholder’s perspective. It includes school going girls, women, teachers, health post staffs and local politicians as stakeholders and intends to find the situation, effects and perfectives of stakeholders on child marriage in Nepalese context. It comprises both qualitative and quantitative aspects followed by interview schedule and FGDs as tools. Fathers, relatives and friends were responsible for the incidence of early marriage in study site. Regarding effects, problems to become self dependent and deprivation of opportunity are the major effects that respondents had to face in their life. Workload in the families seems another effect to be faced followed by health problems to be experienced. Bleeding during pregnancy, low count of RBC, weakness, postpartum complications were seen in mothers during and after child births. Teenage mothers being more likely to experience complications during pregnancy and less likely to be emotionally, physically and psychologically prepared to deal with pregnancy related challenges, which often leads to maternal illness and consequently death was seen as the main conclusion of this study.

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Protecting Victims of Forced Marriage: Is Age a Protective Factor?

Cited by 29 publications

References 16 publications

Debatable Marriages: Marriage and Child Marriage in Saudi Arabia

Debatable Marriages: Marriage and Child Marriage in Saudi Arabia

Recognition of and Intervention in Forced Marriage as a Form of Violence and Abuse

Child Marriage in Nepal: Stakeholders’ Perspective

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