Forced Marriage, Gender-Based Violence
This exploratory study aimed to broaden the literature on forced marriage to examine forced marriage in the United States context. The study focused on the nature and scope of forced marriage in the context of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, as well as the...
Forced Marriage, Gender-Based Violence
Heartbeats: The IZZAT Project is a comic book and expressive arts project using illustration, writing and theatre to explore and share community stories about resilience in the face of violence and to challenge how “izzat” or “honour” has been...
Forced Marriage, Gender-Based Violence
By Tahirih Justice Center The results of a national survey to learn about the experiences of service providers encountering forced marriage cases, including agencies’ capacity to serve and identify survivors, services provided, and tactics used to coerce or keep...
Forced Marriage, Gender-Based Violence
What is forced marriage? How is forced marriage different than arranged marriage? These and other common questions are answered. Related Resources No Results Found The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to...
Forced Marriage, Gender-Based Violence
Voices from the Frontline explores the topic of forced marriage by presenting information from hundreds of questionnaires, stories of survivors of forced marriage and stakeholders, and moves us to confront the problem of forced marriage head on. Voices from the...
Forced Marriage, Gender-Based Violence
This Tahirih Justice Center report is the first comprehensive analysis of provisions in all 50 states and Washington, DC that leave children more vulnerable to forced and early marriage. The report provides state lawmakers and advocates in the United States with the...
Forced Marriage, Gender-Based Violence
This analysis finds that gaps in state marriage laws are failing to protect minors from being forced or coerced into marriages where they may face violence and sexual assault. Related Resources No Results Found The page you requested could not be found. Try refining...
Forced Marriage, Gender-Based Violence
Developed by Girls Not Brides to support members’ post-2015 advocacy, this toolkit provides information on the post-2015 process and offers tools and templates to develop and implement an advocacy strategy calling for a target on child, early and forced marriage in...
