A House of Lords discussion in the UK on forced marriages covered at Pickled Politics [1]. “Lord Lester said that on the bicentenary of the abolition of slavery, it was scandalous that we were turning a blind eye to the sexual and domestic slavery of women; he said is was fully 30 years since he called for the protection of minority women, and regretted how little had been achieved.”
South Asia: Forced marriages in the UK
· Written by Neha Viswanathan
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