Navigation Links
From Quebec to France: forced marriages still exist
Date:2/2/2010

Montreal, February 3, 2010 Sakina (fictitious name) was born in Bangladesh yet raised in Montreal. At 16, she returned to her homeland with her parents under the pretext of visiting her sick grandmother. The young woman was then forced to marry a man twice her age despite her resistance.

The girl later wrote to her mother that she was kept in a locked room, where she was beaten and raped. After two months, her mother granted her return to Montreal. By 19, Sakina was forced to marry again. According Madeline Lamboley, a PhD student from the Universit de Montral School of Criminology, this true story mirrors the fate an unconfirmed number of female immigrants in Quebec, France and the U.K.

Lamboley stresses, however, the difference between arranged marriages and forced marriages. "In an arranged marriage, parents present different candidates to the young woman who must then chose," says Lamboley. "In a forced marriage, there is no negotiation. The husband is imposed and she has no choice. If she refuses, she could be disowned by her family and shun from her community."

The practice of forced marriages is common in many countries, says Lamboley, including Bangladesh and India. It's also widespread in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, in North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. According to Lamboley, the practice even exists in Italy, Portugal and among French aristocrats.

There are many reasons for such a marriage. The most common is to help a stranger obtain citizenship. Sometimes, a family living abroad is indebted to another clan back home and must share the financial resources they have obtained in their adopted country. "A French or Canadian girl is worth a lot on the market seeing as she provides access to a sought-after citizenship," says Lamboley.

How many forced marriages have occurred France and Quebec? "It's very hard to say," responds Lamboley. "There is no official data on the issue. T
'/>"/>

Contact: Sylvain-Jacques Desjardins
sylvain-jacques.desjardins@umontreal.ca
514-343-7593
University of Montreal
Source:Eurekalert

0

GOOD

Page: 1 2

Related medicine news :

1. Seattle-based PhenoPath Laboratories Retests Nearly 3,000 Breast Cancer Specimens from Quebec Breast Cancer Inquiry
2. MedShare and Qualicode Bring BlackBerry Mobile EMR to Quebec
3. Safe Blood for Africa Foundation and Hema-Quebec Sign Far-Reaching Agreement
4. Hundreds of Fans and Entertainment Tonight Canada Greet Dr. Siegals COOKIE DIET(R) Creator Sanford Siegal, D.O., M.D., at Book Signing Event in Montreal, Quebec
5. McGill, MUHC and Douglas researchers get top marks from Quebec Science magazine
6. Presentation at BioContact Quebec 2008
7. Centre De Sante et de Services Sociaux Haut-Richelieu-Rouville in Quebec Selects Alcatel-Lucent and SSP Telecom to Upgrade its Communications Infrastructure
8. Presentation at Bio Contact Quebec 2007
9. IntelliSoft Group Focuses on Protecting Customer Investment in Medical Credentialing Systems -- Budget Constraints and Forced Upgrades in Medical Credentialing Automation
10. Folic Acid Fortification Shouldnt Be Forced
11. European Health Care Institutions Forced to Select Lower-Priced Interventional Cardiology Devices
Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
(Date:5/23/2013)... City, UT (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 ... , a comprehensive radiology learning environment for all ... prebuilt lessons and assessments, transforms the learning experience ... radiology curriculum. , “Until RADPrimer 3.0, ... second to none,” comments Dr. B.J. Manaster, Professor ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... Memorial Day Focus Spotlight on Military ... a part of the U.S. Military for more than ... it, these men and women will be honored for ... America. As veterans transition to civilian life, there ... workplace chaplaincy world. , Marketplace Chaplains, America’s original ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... Susquehanna Health is now a ... training course for adolescents age 11 and up. ... Dr. Patricia Keener after a colleague’s toddler choked to ... who didn’t know how to provide first aid. Safe ... medical basis that aims to reduce the number of ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... next generation genomic analysis to determine that some of ... origins, which may help in predicting cancer progression. The ... Research . , "This is the first study to ... Gleason patterns in the same tumor allowing us to ... M.D., Mayo Clinic pathologist and one of the authors ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... May 23, 2013 Dr. Katherine Ahn ... charitable organization in Orange County, OCCares , will hold ... County. The event details are as follows: , Sunday ... Auditorium, 13732 Clinton Street, Garden Grove, CA 92843 , The ... music by Christian vocalists Charmaine & Jonathan Thulin. There ...
Breaking Medicine News(10 mins):Health News:RADPrimer 3.0 Introduces Comprehensive Radiology Training Curriculum 2Health News:Memorial Day Focus Spotlight on Military Chaplains Transitioning in the Marketplace 2Health News:Memorial Day Focus Spotlight on Military Chaplains Transitioning in the Marketplace 3Health News:Susquehanna Health Offers Safe Sitter Course for Tweens and Teens 2Health News:Susquehanna Health Offers Safe Sitter Course for Tweens and Teens 3Health News:Mayo Clinic genomic analysis lends insight to prostate cancer 2Health News:Dr. Katherine Ahn is Proud to Announce the Launch Her Family's New Charity OCCares 2Health News:Dr. Katherine Ahn is Proud to Announce the Launch Her Family's New Charity OCCares 3
... TORONTO, Oct. 26 HearAtLast, Inc., (Pink,Sheets: HRAL) announced ... the company. HearAtLast, Inc. The research report,provides an investment ... summary of the Company as an investment opportunity, an,overview ... a,discussion of the company,s industry. To read the report ...
... November 8 and 9, 2007, PENSACOLA, Fla., ... excited to be a major sponsor for this ... leaders in,healthcare, the Department of Defense, Veterans Administration, ... find solutions,for strategic health intelligence. This summit represents ...
... Actively ... Engaged In Community Service, CHICAGO, Oct. 26 Banco Popular ... leading U.S.,Small Business Administration Lender, today announced its nationwide,participation in Make ... taken part of this special national day of,helping others for six ...
... small but revealing study from the Johns Hopkins Childrens ... physical, emotional and psychological functioning and well-being in children ... the children with some of the most severe bladder ... possibility is that children with such conditions manage to ...
... IND proposes a randomized Phase,III pivotal clinical trial ... versus BSC alone for the treatment of patients ... stomach who,have failed adjuvant or 1st or 2nd ... and will direct the clinical development program. The,Company ...
... Oct. 26 Applying quality initiatives,to sales and ... "Managing Quality to Drive Growth," the third quarter,conference ... executives from 20 leading companies discussed hot-button issues,around ... into,sales, marketing and new product development. "We ...
Cached Medicine News:Health News:Harbinger Research Initiates Coverage on HearAtLast 2Health News:Cogon Systems Supports the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce with the Strategic Health Intelligence Summit 2Health News:Banco Popular Commits To Make A Difference Day 2007 2Health News:Banco Popular Commits To Make A Difference Day 2007 3Health News:Banco Popular Commits To Make A Difference Day 2007 4Health News:Quality-of-life yardstick needed for children with serious urologic conditions, Hopkins study shows 2Health News:Supratek Pharma Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for SP1049C for the treatment of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the upper gastrointestinal tract 2Health News:Tailor Quality Initiatives to Improve Sales, Marketing & New Product Development 2
(Date:5/23/2013)... -- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICPT ) (Intercept), ... and commercialization of novel bile acid therapeutics to treat ... announced that Mark Pruzanski , MD, ... Deutsche Bank Securities 38th Annual Health Care Conference in ... 2013 at 4:10 p.m. ET. About Intercept ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... , May 23, 2013  Inhibikase Therapeutics, ... announced today that it will present new results ... an industry conference sponsored by the PML Consortium ... Idec).  JC polyomavirus (JCV) is the causative agent ... tyrosine kinase inhibitor in an extended release formulation, ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... 23, 2013  PAREXEL International Corporation (NASDAQ: ... at the Jefferies Healthcare Conference in New York.  ... Chief Financial Officer, will be making a presentation on ... Monday, June 3, 2013. A live webcast ... section of PAREXEL,s website at www.PAREXEL.com in ...
Breaking Medicine Technology:Inhibikase Therapeutics to present at Industry Conference on Drug-Induced Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) 2PAREXEL International To Present At Jefferies Healthcare Conference 2
... March 20, 2012  OriGene Technologies today announced the ... and extensively validated monoclonal antibodies under the UltraMAB™ ... antibodies which are exclusively developed by OriGene for ... products available on the market that have been ...
... YORK, March 20, 2012 Reportlinker.com announces that ... its catalogue: The Outlook ... http://www.reportlinker.com/p0192645/The-Outlook-for-Medical-Devices-in-Central-Asia.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Medical_Facility The ... total market of 303 million people and a ...
Cached Medicine Technology:OriGene Technologies Announces the Release Specificity-Verified UltraMAB™ Antibodies 2The Outlook for Medical Devices in Central Asia 2The Outlook for Medical Devices in Central Asia 3The Outlook for Medical Devices in Central Asia 4
... reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in ... an extensive test menu of highly complex ... anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of ... half of the nation's university teaching hospitals ...
... is a national reference laboratory and a ... development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu ... in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by ... include more than half of the nation's ...
... reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in ... an extensive test menu of highly complex ... anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of ... half of the nation's university teaching hospitals ...
... ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory ... research and development. ARUP offers an extensive ... medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. ... Laboratories' clients include more than half of ...
Medicine Products: