Read more forced marriage stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/22537/forced-marriage.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:53:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/56226/saudis-to-crack-down-after-man-weds-8-year-old.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmid an uproar over an adult man’s marriage to an 8-year-old girl, Saudi Arabia will begin regulating child marriage, the BBC reports. The country’s justice minister wants to end the “arbitrary” process, he said, though he didn’t say such matches would be banned. A court upheld the marriage provided the...http://www.newser.com/story/56226/saudis-to-crack-down-after-man-weds-8-year-old.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Apr 2009 8:54:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54087/polygamists-push-to-legalize-marriages.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs many as 40,000 people live in polygamous families in Utah and parents are stepping up efforts to make plural marriages legal, reports the BBC. The lobbying organization Principle Voices is pressing for state law changes. Authorities rarely crack down on polygamous families unless they're linked to child brides...http://www.newser.com/story/54087/polygamists-push-to-legalize-marriages.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Mar 2009 3:58:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52118/mauritian-girls-force-fed-for-marriage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA military coup in Mauritania has erased years of advances in women's rights, bringing a resurgence of the practice of force-fattening young girls to prepare them for marriage, the Guardian reports. "A woman's size indicates the amount of space she occupies in her husband's heart," explains an activist, who says...http://www.newser.com/story/52118/mauritian-girls-force-fed-for-marriage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 01 Mar 2009 16:00:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45659/bangladeshi-parents-forced-me-into-marriage-uk-doctor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Bangladeshi parents of a 33-year-old doctor living in Britain kidnapped and forced her into a Muslim marriage during a trip home because they disapproved of her Hindu boyfriend, the Independent reports. Humayra Abedin returned to the UK this week after four months in captivity, and is seeking to have...http://www.newser.com/story/45659/bangladeshi-parents-forced-me-into-marriage-uk-doctor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Dec 2008 10:40:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45340/brit-doc-freed-from-parents-forced-marriage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Bangladeshi court has ordered a British doctor released from the home of her parents, who imprisoned her for 4 months to force her into marriage with a stranger, reports the Daily Telegraph. The doctor managed to send a text message to a British friend for help after she was...http://www.newser.com/story/45340/brit-doc-freed-from-parents-forced-marriage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Dec 2008 4:59:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43860/nigeria-struggles-to-protect-child-brides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn northern Nigeria, almost half the girls are married by age 15, and a law outlawing child marriage faces serious resistance from Muslim leaders, the Times of London reports. "We have no choice," says one teen who was brutally raped by her husband. As a result, fistula—a hole torn...http://www.newser.com/story/43860/nigeria-struggles-to-protect-child-brides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Nov 2008 10:44:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42085/men-are-victims-of-forced-marriage-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYoung men in Germany's Turkish immigrant community are being forced into marriage by their families, Der Speigel reports. Organizations that help people escape from such marriages say the focus on female victims overlooks the fact that men are also being harassed, blackmailed and beaten into marriages, often to a close...http://www.newser.com/story/42085/men-are-victims-of-forced-marriage-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 08 Nov 2008 7:43:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/25817/divorcee-8-tells-of-abuse-in-yemen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn 8-year-old girl granted a divorce by a Yemeni court last week has described how she ran from "room to room" to escape her 30-year-old husband until he "beat me and then did what he wanted," reports ABC News. "I cried so much, but no one listened to me." The...http://www.newser.com/story/25817/divorcee-8-tells-of-abuse-in-yemen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 27 Apr 2008 6:56:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21275/uk-probes-forced-child-marriage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHundreds of kids from ethnic minorities are disappearing from British schools, and authorities are worried that they're being forced into marriages in other countries. Two separate government probes are investigating, the BBC reports, but one expert says there could be as many as 3,000 forced marriages a year in...http://www.newser.com/story/21275/uk-probes-forced-child-marriage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Mar 2008 13:45:00 CDT