Forced marriages occur under duress without full consent from both parties, affecting individuals regardless of gender, with victims facing various forms of abuse. The practice persists in many regions including South Asia, East Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, with a significant connection to child marriages. The United Nations recognizes forced marriage as a human rights violation, advocating for the freedom and autonomy of individuals in marriage.

1. Forced marriages

2. Marriage is a social union or
legal contract between
people that creates kinship.

3. A Forced marriage is a
marriage that is performed
under duress and without
the full and informed
consent or free will of both
parties.

4. A forced marriage
may be between
children, a child
and an adult, or
between adults.
Forced marriages
are not limited to
women and girls,
as boys and men
are also forced to
marry against their
will.

5. The practice of forced marriage
was quite common amongst
the upper classes in Europe
until the 20th century, and is
still practiced in parts of South
Asia, East Asia, the Middle
East, and Africa.

8. Victims of forced marriages
often experience physical
violence, rape, abduction,
torture, false imprisonment
and enslavement, sexual
abuse, mental and
emotional abuse, and at
times, murder.

10. The United Nations views
forced marriage as a form
of human rights abuse,
since it violates the principle
of the freedom and
autonomy of individuals.

12. “No marriage shall be legally entered into
without the full and free consent of both
parties, such consent to be expressed by
them in person after due publicity and in the
presence of the authority competent to
solemnize the marriage and of witnesses, as
prescribed by law.”
- Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum
Age for Marriage and Registration of
Marriages. Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights.

13. Arranged marriage
(also called
prearranged
marriage) is a
marriage arranged
by someone other
than the couple
getting wedded .
That is legal

15. The only act against forced
marriage is in the UK
“In response to the problem of forced
marriages among immigrants in the UK,
the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act
2007 was passed, which enables the
victims of forced marriage to apply for
court orders for their protection. “

17. Forced marriages are
generally made because of
family pride, the wishes of
the parents, or social
obligation.

19. Child marriages are a
basic issue while
addressing forced
marriages

21. It has been estimated that 49
countries have a significant
child bride problem.

22. cultural, economic, and religious
aspects of the communities
when they live make it nearly
impossible for the girls to
break free from marrying early.

23. An estimated 14 million
adolescents between 15 and
19 give birth each year .Girls
in this age group are twice as
likely to die during pregnancy
or childbirth as women in their
twenties.

25. Marriage of young girls is most
common in sub-Saharan Africa
and south Asia. In Niger , 77
percent of 20- to 24- year–old
women were married before the
age of 18 In Bangladesh , this
rate was 65 per cent .

26. “More than 40% of the world’s child
marriages take place in India. Worldwide,
more than 60 million women between 20-
24 were married before they were 18.
Child brides become mothers much before
their bodies are physically mature for
pregnancy,”
-UNICEF’s Karin Hulshof

27. child marriage prevented many girls from
continuing their education, leaving them
unaware of the risks and responsibilities of
pregnancy. They were also less likely to
seek medical attention and immunise their
babies.

28. Nujood Ali 10 years old from
Yemen got a divorce. after
being abused by her 30 year
old husband.
(in yemen families can legally wed girls

29. One morning, Arwa Abdu
Muhammad Ali walked out of
her husband’s house and ran
to a local hospital, where she
complained that he had been
beating and sexually abusing
her for eight months.

30. That alone would be surprising in
Yemen, a deeply conservative
Arab society where family
disputes tend to be solved
privately. What made it even more
unusual was that Arwa was 9
years old.

31. Within days, Arwa — a tiny, delicate-
featured girl — had become a
celebrity in Yemen, where child
marriage is common but has rarely
been exposed in public.

32. “Be the change you want to see in the
world”
-mahatma Ghandi

33. Made By
Shahd Hamouri