{"id":4909,"date":"2021-03-01T18:21:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T18:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kmewo.com\/staging21\/?p=4909"},"modified":"2021-03-01T18:21:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T18:21:55","slug":"forced-marriage-should-be-criminalised-as-much-as-trafficking-and-other-sexual-exploitation-of-women-and-young-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kmewo.com\/ku\/news\/forced-marriage-should-be-criminalised-as-much-as-trafficking-and-other-sexual-exploitation-of-women-and-young-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Forced Marriage should be criminalised as much as trafficking and other sexual exploitation of women and young girls"},"content":{"rendered":"
Forced Marriage should be\u00a0<\/strong>criminalised as much as trafficking and other sexual exploitation of women and young girls<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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\nForced Marriage should be criminalise as much as trafficking and other sexual
\nexploitation of women and young girls
\nKurdish and Middle Eastern Women Organisation (KMEWO) provides free, confidential and nonjudgmental advice and support services to women victims\/survivors of violence and Traditional
\nHarmful Practices including Honour Based Violence, Forced Marriage and FGM .
\nKMEWO fully support the principles of zero tolerance to any kind of violence towards women and
\nchildren and accepts no justification for such violence under the pretext of; upholding traditional
\npractices, culture or religion. We believe that all types of violence are human right\u2019s abuses and
\nshould be treated as criminal offences.
\nThis paper is KMEWO\u2019s collective response to The Home Office\u2019s Consultation paper on Forced
\nMarriages, published in 2011. The government is considering whether to make forcing someone to
\nmarry against his\/her will a criminal offence . KMEWO supports criminalization of forced
\nmarriages, because it will send an uncompromising message to potential perpetrators and will give
\nvictims the confidence to resist any attempt by their families to arrange a marriage on their behalf
\nagainst their freely expressed will. Furthermore we believe that criminalization of FM will only be
\naffective if it is accompanied by having measures in place to support victims \/ applicants throughout
\nthe process, for example, by ensuring their safety, protecting them from threats from extended
\nfamilies, providing essential, practical and emotional support, safe accommodation and financial
\nsupport.
\nKMEWO believes that the Government has a duty to fully protect it is citizens from abuse and
\nexploitation and that forced marriage should be made unacceptable as much as trafficking and other
\nsexual exploitation of women and young girls, the only difference in the same way as trafficking
\nand sexual exploitation. The only difference is that forced marriages are usually initiated by family
\nmembers, whilst the other are often perpetrated by strangers and\/or organised gangs. These are
\nhowever both criminal acts and should be treated as such. KMEWO believe that FM is a form of
\nhuman right\u2019s abuse, which is also child abuse when the victim is a minor. By criminalising this act
\na clear message will be sent out to potential perpetrators and the communities that forcing someone
\nto marry another person is wrong and that such behaviour will not be tolerated in a civilised society.
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\nWe further believe that in making forced a marriage a criminal offence the young person will be
\nempowered to resist such arrangement and refused to go along with it, knowing that they have the
\nprotection of the law and that their safety is protected. We fully appreciate the difficulty a young
\nperson will have in standing to their parents and close family members and to report them to police
\nknowing that they could face imprisonment. But this will be a lot easier than the existing situation
\nwhere the young person may be required to seek civil protection, in the first instance, and secondly
\nto report any subsequent breach of the protection order. In any case the existing law is not effective.
\nWe fully agree with this section of the Home Office consultation paper, which reads; \u201cOur first duty
\nmust always be to protect those at risk of forced marriage. Creating a specific offence of forced
\nmarriage could not only act as a deterrent to families who might otherwise resort to this form of
\nabuse, but it could also give victims a stronger sense that what is happening to them is wrong
\nbecause it is something that is against the law. This could make it easier for victims to challenge
\ntheir parents and wider family\u201d.
\n20\/03\/2012
\nKMEWO<\/p>\n

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