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15th June 2016 Dhaka, Bangladesh

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by Hasina Rahman

Head Of Consular Services, Bangladesh

Forced marriage outreach: A good news story from Bangladesh

It was a hot summer’s day; the temperature was surely pushing 35 °C. My colleague and I reached a village nearly 200 kilometers away from Dhaka where we had come to visit a 17 year old British girl. We were sitting in small dark room, with no windows and a ceiling fan which was doing […]

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8th December 2015 Islamabad, Pakistan

Neelam Farooq, British High Commission Consular Assistance team on Forced Marriages

by Neelam Farooq

Senior Consular Officer at British High Commission, Consular Assistance team on Forced Marriages

Forced Marriage – You have the right to choose

More than one third of all Forced Marriage cases reported to the Forced Marriage Unit in London are linked to Pakistan. This is four times more than any other country in the world. Last year, 82 cases of Forced Marriage were reported to my Consular Assistance team in Islamabad only. This year, we have offered […]

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