Forced marriage

‘I am still a child, it cannot be good to be married’: how drought forces Afghan families to sell girls as brides

by The Guardian | Oct 15, 2026 | Afghanistan, Aid, Child marriage, Children's rights, Climate crisis, Drought, Environment, Family, Forced marriage, Global development, Human rights, Hunger, Internally displaced people, Poverty, Society, South and Central Asia, The Guardian, Violence against women and girls, Women's rights and gender equality, World News | 0 |

As climate breakdown pushes families to starvation, many feel forced to ‘sacrifice’ daughters to save siblings. Photographer Elise Blanchard travelled the country speaking to girls as young as eight, 10 and 14 who have been...

‘My 15-year-old relative was killed for refusing to marry her cousin. My family celebrated by dancing in the street’

by The Guardian | Jun 1, 2026 | Child marriage, Forced marriage, Middle East and North Africa, The Guardian, Violence against women and girls, Women's rights and gender equality, World News | 0 |

Horrified by the recent murder of Kawthar al-Husayjawi, one of her female relatives describes what happened – and her fears for other women and girls forced into early marriage in IraqThe men of my tribe [extended family]threw...

UK’s forced marriage unit underfunded and too Muslim-focused, report to say

by The Guardian | Apr 26, 2023 | Faith schools, Forced marriage, Politics, Religion, Society, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Colin Bloom’s report expected to be most sweeping review of government’s relationship with religion in more than a generationUK ministers’ efforts to stop forced marriages are failing because the unit set up to...

Category: Forced marriage

‘I am still a child, it cannot be good to be married’: how drought forces Afghan families to sell girls as brides

‘My 15-year-old relative was killed for refusing to marry her cousin. My family celebrated by dancing in the street’

UK’s forced marriage unit underfunded and too Muslim-focused, report to say