"When there is coercion in these marriages, young women often suffer domestic and sexual violence, forced pregnancies and long-term trauma. If they want to leave a forced marriage, they often have to risk cutting ties with their whole family." Since 2010, 35 young teenagers who were forced or coerced into marriage had sought help from Shakti. Have you experienced underage or forced marriage? INZ assistant general manager Peter Elms said INZ was aware some culturally arranged marriages were forced marriages.

Source: Stuff June 06, 2019 20:35 UTC