UK mother jailed for forcing daughter to marry in Pakistan

A British court has convicted a mother  for forcing her 17-year-old daughter into a marriage in Pakistan. 

A Birmingham court convicted the mother of four for luring her 17-year-old daughter into traveling to Pakistan on the pretext of a family holiday and forcing her to marry a relative almost twice her age.

The court noted the girl had been entered into a "marriage contract" with the man years before in Pakistan and became pregnant at age 13.

The victim had an abortion on returning to the UK. 

Figures published last year by the UN's International Labour Organisation (ILO) showed 15 point four million people across the world were trapped into  forced marriage in 2016. 

In 2015, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution calling for an end to child, early and forced marriage, and recognising child marriage as a violation of human rights.

SOURCE: CNN
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