Some have reportedly been forced into marriage with their abductors.

Forced marriage

Early and forced marriage.

Although not practiced often, some widows are forced into marriage, usually to a close kinsman of her husband, upon his death.

Among the issues identified, the Working Group mentioned forced marriage, child marriage and the sale of wives.

Mr. BOBOHONOV (Tajikistan) said that forced marriage was punishable by law.

Documented reports of rape, sexual slavery and forced marriage continue to be received.

Violence against girls, forced child marriage, endemic poverty, and many other topics were examined.

They include forced marriage, a common practice which is perpetuated for various reasons, particularly material ones.

Women (and men) are commonly forced into accepting the marriage partners chosen for them by their families, and widows can only marry the brother or cousin of the deceased husband.

That document also banned all physical and psychological violence, mutilation, early or forced marriage and sexual harassment.

This also applies to their status within marriage and their freedom to enter into marriage.

The same right to enter into marriage

The same right to enter into marriage.

Forced marriage and marriage of children are forms of gender violence hindering girls' abilities to control their sexuality and entailing pregnancy and childbirth before their bodies are sufficiently mature.

The addition of the renminbi as a possible reserve option would free today s lame ducks from their forced marriage.

Yes, for privileged women like my daughter and all of us here today, but not for most of our sisters in the rest of the world who are still forced into premature marriage, prostitution, forced labor they have children that they don't want or they cannot feed.

The accident forced Layla into a wheelchair.

Dokubu then forced Obasanjo into a peace deal.

The failure of the law to set a minimum legal age for marriage meant that a mother, for example, could not bring a complaint before a court against the forced marriage of her underage daughter.

Forced ingestion In this form of water torture, water is forced down the throat and into the stomach.

a) men and women have equal rights to enter into marriage

A marriage entered into in a religious ceremony has no legal significance.

Therefore, women may not enter into marriage before the age of 15.

Both the former and the revised Criminal Code established penalties for any person entering into a religious marriage before a civil marriage, as well as for the religious officiate at such a marriage.

Girls are forced into prostitution at a mere 5 a session.

Enabling of the entering into an illegal marriage Article 232 The competent person before whom the marriage is entered into, or the registrar that by performing his official duty consciously allows that a marriage forbidden by law, invalid, or considered non existent be entered into will be punished by a prison sentence of up to one year.

Hades, God of the Underworld, kidnaps Persephone, the Goddess of Spring, and negotiates a forced marriage contract, requiring her to return regularly, and lets her go.

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(vi) Continuing violation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of women, in particular the trafficking of women for the purpose of prostitution or forced marriage and the subjection of women to human smuggling, forced abortions, gender based discrimination and violence

Notes the decision of the Working Group that priority thematic issues to be addressed at upcoming sessions of the Working Group include trafficking in persons, the exploitation of prostitution, forced labour, the exploitation of domestic workers, forced marriage and domestic violence

The law establishes the obligation to enter into marriage in an official registry office.

Men and women of marriageable age have the right to enter freely into marriage.

Men and women of marriageable age have the right to enter freely into marriage.

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Trokosi, forced marriage, genital mutilation trafficking in women and children and abuse of vidomegon (girls sent by poor families to wealthy homes) were all prohibited by law.

(iv) Continuing violation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of women, in particular the trafficking of women for the purpose of prostitution or forced marriage, forced abortions, and infanticide of children of repatriated mothers, including in police detention centres and camps

Dual marriage article 231 states (1) who enters into a new marriage although is already married will be punished by a prison sentence of up to one year.

Concerning cultural practices such as female genital mutilation and forced early marriage, he encouraged NGOs and the United Nations to address those issues through education and awareness raising.

A poor woman who does not have a job is trapped in an unjust marriage, undergoes physical abuse or is forced to work in a factory for free.

Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.

d) after marriage, both husband and wife have the legal capacity to enter into all transactions

Various personal laws ensure the same right of both men and women to enter into marriage.

Men and women are free to enter into marriage and to marry spouses of their choice.

This forced the parties to include as many women as possible into their membership.