This paper closes by highlighting the responsibilities of young British Asians as well as health and social care professionals to help combat forced marriage.Īrranged marriage, Asian brides, forced marriage, honour killingĪrranged marriage has been a long-standing tradition which has been passed down over many generations within Asian cultures, and is also known in other societies. Instead, the use of existing laws with better support for the victims would better address the wrongs involved in forced marriage cases. Unfortunately, it was felt that criminalization would not provide an effective intervention into this problem.
The UK government made a proposal to make forcing someone to marry a specific criminal offence. This paper seeks to support a better-informed discussion about the reportedly ‘increasing problem’ of forced marriage, and to clarify the tradition of arranged marriage, since confusion over these two different approaches has led to increased tension between British and Asian cultures.
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Arranged marriage takes place only with full agreement and consent from both parties, whereas in forced marriage, one or both spouses do not consent to the marriage, and an element of duress, physical, emotional or both, is involved. There is a fine distinction between forced and arranged marriage. However, this tradition has come under challenge especially by the younger generations, because of the increasing incidence of forced marriages taking place both here in the UK and back in the Indian subcontinent.
The tradition of arranged marriage has operated successfully within many communities and countries over a long period of time.
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