The government’s Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) has launched their summer campaign against the abuse that is forced marriage. It will run from the 12th until the 22nd, which is in time to target the spike summer period where families use the opportunity of the long holiday to take individuals overseas for marriages.  The FMU will be using this time to make potential victims aware of the risks, and potential perpetrators aware of the consequences.

On Top of this, The British High Commission in Islamabad has commissioned three short animated documentaries on the issue of forced marriages in Pakistan in an attempt to raise awareness of this human rights violation, the consequences of which include domestic abuse, divorce, honour killings, child abduction, abandonment, isolation, and family break-ups.

The Second video follows Farzana:

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