When Humayra Abedin left the U.K. on Aug. 2 with a round-trip ticket to Bangladesh after hearing that her mother was sick, she had no idea the “illness” was a ruse to lure her home to marry a suitor ...

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 ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Victims of forced marriage will be more likely to speak out after Britain said it would allow anonymous tipoffs to cut illegal immigration and help the thousands ...

Forced marriage – marriage that lacks the consent of one or both parties – is a serious issue which affects 22 million people around the world – predominantly women and girls. In England and Wales, it ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - British women saved from forced marriage abroad will no longer have to repay the government for the cost of their rescue, the foreign minister said on Wednesday, ...