“Teachers, social workers, women’s rights groups and local councils may be given the power to stop forced marriages, under government plans to protect vulnerable teenagers.”
The Times, 4th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Campaigners may be able to go to court to stop a forced marriage without the permission of a victim.”
BBC News, 13th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 enables applications by a relevant third party on behalf of a victim of forced marriage. This consultation asks for responses on what need there is for relevant third parties, who should act, and what safeguards might be needed.”
Ministry of Justice, 12th December 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Justice Minister Bridget Prentice says that a law that protects victims and potential victims of forced marriage will come into effect next autumn.”
Ministry of Justice, 28th November 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Related link: The Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007
“A crackdown on forced marriages, in which young British Asian women are coerced into marrying mainly Pakistani men, is to be proposed by the Tories next week.”
The Observer, 12th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Legislation aimed at protecting the victims of forced marriages and preventing them from taking place has received Royal Assent, the Ministry of Justice announced today.”
Ministry of Justice press release, 26th July 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Specialist teams are to be set up around England to help deal with any so-called “honour crimes” and offences arising from forced marriages.”
BBC News, 20th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Dedicated teams of senior prosecutors are to be deployed in the UK’s honour killing hotspots in the wake of the failings exposed this week by the case of a young Kurdish woman murdered by her family.”
The Guardian, 16th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Banaz Mahmod was murdered by her family. Each year, 12 British women like her die in ‘honour’ killings. Why aren’t we doing more to save them?”
The Guardian, 13th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government today pledged its support for legislation aimed at protecting the victims of forced marriages and preventing them from taking place.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th May 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The government’s forced marriage unit has rescued an 11-year-old British girl whose parents married her to a Bangladeshi man in Dhaka, it has emerged.”
The Guardian, 9th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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