Forced marriage

 is a marriage in which one or more of the parties is married without their consent or against their will. A marriage can also become a forced marriage even if both parties enter with full consent if one or both are later forced to stay in the marriage against their will.

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 * Forced and especially early forced marriages in the has long been known to be a serious problem, but now it has been documented in the first-ever large-scale study – and the consequences of this problem are even more serious and widespread than many had suspected.
 * , "Forced Early Marriages in North Caucasus have Disastrous Consequences, First Large-Scale Study of Problem Says", Window on Eurasia (June 5, 2024)

‘Trapped’: The American women and girls forced into marriage

 * "‘Trapped’: The American women and girls forced into marriage". Al Jazeera. 24 Dec 2020.


 * Many girls are forced into a marriage before they have the full rights of adulthood. It is a horrific form of human rights abuse.
 * Fraidy Reiss
 * Daughters are frequently seen as burdens or commodities because of pervasive gender inequality. In places where the groom’s family pays a bride’s price, parents in difficult economic circumstances may marry off their daughters as a source of income.
 * United Nations Population Fund