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| 04 Jan 2009 - 09:24 | Avis
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I would like to say that this site has been the most helpful! I was assaulted and the charges are being undercharged by the DA. I have read about Oklahoma's law governing domestic abuse, which applies to my situation, but alas, the DA is calling it A&B even though the abuse was in the presence of children! But I learned alot from this site about my rights as a woman and hopefully I will prevail. If anyone has any suggestions, though, I do appreciate it!! Feel free to e-mail. Thank you.
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| 03 Jan 2009 - 18:21 | Sharecentral
URL: shareinc.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/police . . .
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Police culture and community based DV programs
What happens when police departments don’t want to cooperate with local domestic violence programs? Is the burden to collaborate or explain the lack of a good working relationship placed on the domestic violence program, or the law enforcement agency?
In our experience, the law enforcement agency, as part of the system, is afforded credibility, while community-based domestic violence programs must work hard to establish credibility, no matter how long they have been in existence. When there is an inability to establish collaboration or a breakdown in a relationship, the community-based nonprofit agency seems to bear the burden of justifying or explaining the problem and attempting to repair and maintain the relationships necessary to maintain the funding they need to continue to serve victims.
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| 03 Jan 2009 - 11:07 | Bridge
URL: www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports/BB20_spanis . . .
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Veinte portales clave sobre género y desarrollo en español
Un bibliografía comentada
Elaborada por Helen Dixon y
editada por Paola Brambilla
Con el apoyo financiero del Departamento para el Desarrollo Internacional (DFID) del Reino Unido
Vea........
www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports/BB20_spanish_web_resources_spanish.doc
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| 03 Jan 2009 - 10:49 | Bridge,
URL: www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports/BB20_spanis . . .
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December • 2008
Bibliography No. 20
Twenty Key Gender Websites in Spanish
An Annotated Bibliography
Compiled and summarised by Helen Dixon and edited by
Paola Brambilla, BRIDGE
This report has been undertaken with the financial support of the UK Department for International Development (DFID)
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| 03 Jan 2009 - 09:57 | Feminist Peace Network
URL: www.feministpeacenetwork.org
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Women's New Year Contemplations
www.feministpeacenetwork .org
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| 03 Jan 2009 - 09:52 | New York Times
URL: www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/us/02veterans . . .
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A Focus on Violence by Returning
G.I.’s
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ and DAN FROSCH
New York Times
FORT CARSON, Colo. — For the past several years, as this Army installation in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains became a busy way station for soldiers cycling in and out of Iraq, the number of servicemen implicated in violent crimes has raised alarm.
Nine current or former members of Fort Carson’s Fourth Brigade Combat Team have killed someone or were charged with killings in the last three years after returning from Iraq. Five of the slayings took place last year alone. In addition, charges of domestic violence, rape and sexual assault have risen sharply.
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| 02 Jan 2009 - 10:25 | Pagina 12, Argentina
URL: www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/l . . .
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VIOLENCIA DE GENERO
Muy tarde, muy poco
Por Rafael Barca
Con motivo del Día Internacional para la Eliminación de la Violencia contra la Mujer, Amnistía Internacional presentó este año el informe Muy tarde, muy poco. Mujeres desprotegidas ante la violencia de género en Argentina. Prioridades de acción para el Estado argentino. Muy tarde para las cientos de mujeres que ya han fallecido y porque la lucha contra la violencia de género aún no es una política de Estado en el país y hay un desfase entre los compromisos asumidos por el Estado y las medidas implementadas; muy poco porque las acciones que se están tomando no están coordinadas, no llegan a todas las mujeres por igual y no se convierten aún en una respuesta pertinente para las mujeres víctimas de la violencia.
Esa es la realidad que viven miles de mujeres argentinas que sufren a diario la violencia de género y que, en su expresión más extrema, se tradujo en la muerte de al menos 116 mujeres a manos de su pareja, ex pareja o miembro del núcleo familiar en los primeros once meses del año, según un relevamiento parcial de casos reportados en prensa.
Si bien la violencia contra las mujeres en Argentina es una violación recurrente de los derechos humanos y no es tratada aún como un problema de Estado, hay que reconocer, al hacer un repaso de lo acontecido en 2008, que se han dado algunos pasos en la lucha contra la violencia de género.
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| 02 Jan 2009 - 10:11 | Battered Mother's Custody Conference
URL: www.batteredmotherscustodyconference.org
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The Sixth Battered Mothers Custody Conference Jan. 9th-11th Albany
The Sixth Battered Mothers Custody Conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Turf on Wolf Road in Albany, Friday evening,
Jan. 9th through 2 p.m. on
Sunday, Jan. 11th.
This conference is dedicated to understanding and publicizing the problems faced by battered women in gaining protection for themselves and their children from the child custody courts.
This year's conference will feature addresses, panels, and workshops by over 30 legal experts and advocates, including:
· Mylan L. Denerstein Executive Deputy Attorney General for Social
Justice
· Mildred Muhammad, the ex-wife of the convicted Beltway (D.C.)
Sniper, John Muhammad, and the founder of After the Trauma.
· Wendy Murphy, J.D., nationally recognized television legal
analyst who appears regularly on CBS, Fox News, CNN
· Rita Smith, Executive Director of the National Coalition Against
Domestic Violence.
· Workshops by actress Angela Shelton, author Lundy Bancroft, and
many others.
For the complete conference schedule and to register, please go to
_www.batteredmotherscustodyconference. org_
(http://www.batteredmotherscustodyconf erence.org/) .
Contact: Dr. Mo Hannah, Chair, BMCC VI
mhannah413@aol.com
518-210-2487
Dr. Mo Therese Hannah
Professor of Psychology, Siena College
Come to the Sixth Battered Mothers Custody Conference
January 9th - 11th, 2009 in Albany, New York
WWW.BATTEREDMOTHERSCUSTODYCONFEREN CE.ORG
mhannah413@aol.com
518-210-2487
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| 02 Jan 2009 - 10:03 | Israeli Women's Groups
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*Statement *By Israeli Women's Organizations
We women's organizations from a broad spectrum of political views demand an end to the bombing and other tools of death, and call for the
immediate start of deliberations to talk peace and not make war. The
dance of death and destruction must come to an end. We demand that war no longer be an option, nor violence a strategy, nor killing an
alternative. The society we want is one in which every individual can
lead a life of security - personal, economic, and social.
It is clear that the highest price is paid by women and others from the
periphery - geographic, economic, ethnic, social, and cultural - who
now, as always, are excluded from the public eye and dominant discourse.
The time for women is now. We demand that words and actions be conducted in another language.
*Ahoti- For Women in Israel*
*Anuar- Jewish and Arab Women Leadership
Artemis- Economic Society for Women*
*Aswat- Palestinian Gay Women*
*Bat Shalom*
*Coalition of Women for Peace*
*Economic Empowerment for Women*
*Feminancy: College for Women's Empowerment*
*Feminist Activist Group - Jerusalem*
*Feminist Activist Group - Tel Aviv***
*International Women's Commission: Israeli Branch ***
*Isha L'Isha- Haifa Feminist Center*
*Itach: Women Lawyers for Social Justice*
*Kol Ha-Isha- Jerusalem Women's Center*
*Mahut**** Center-** Information, Training, and Employment for Women*
*Shin Movement- Equal Representation for Women*
*Supportive Community- Women's Business Development Center
**TANDI - Movement of Democratic Women for Israel* **
*Tmura: The Israeli Antidiscrimination Legal Center*
*University against Harassment - Tel Aviv*
*Women and their Bodies*
*Women's Parliament*
*Women's Spirit- Financial Independence for Women Victims of Violence*
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| 31 Dec 2008 - 17:06 | anon
URL: www.justicewomen.com/teen_domestic_viole . . .
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I was stopped at a coffee shop in Wausau, Wisconsin and saw a car with a bumper sticker about this story. It said, "Never forget Jasa Haille." I came home right away to find out about this sad story.
anon
See:
In Memory of Jasa Haille Anguillo,
So Other Young Women and Girls
Don't Die
A true story and educational unit on youth domestic violence, the criminal justice system, and community action.
www.justicewomen.com/teen_domestic_violence/tv_index.html
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| 31 Dec 2008 - 09:39 | Irish Times
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'I just wish I could be the way I was'
The practice of female circumcision in Kurdistan underlines the reality for women in a region often seen as more socially progressive.
In Tuz Khurmatu, Sheelan Anwar Omer, a seven-year-old girl, is accompanied by her mother to a neighbour's house (left) for the painful procedure. It is reported that in at least one Kurdish territory, 95 per cent of women have undergone the practice.
The widespread practice of female circumcision in Kurdistan highlights the plight of women in the Iraqi region, writes Amit Paley in Tuz Khurmatu
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| 31 Dec 2008 - 09:21 | GazetteXtra
URL: gazettextra.com/news/2008/dec/15/elkhorn . . .
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Elkhorn woman honored for rural advocacy
By ANN MARIE AMES
Mary Bub of Elkhorn recently won the 2008 Fred Lindner Prize for Social Innovation in Wisconsin.
LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP — It might seem idyllic.
Living in the cozy farmhouse on the hill and making a living raising crops and livestock. What could be more peaceful?
The problem, rural Elkhorn resident Mary Bub said, is that what goes on inside the walls of some of those picturesque farms might be closer to nightmare than American dream.
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| 30 Dec 2008 - 23:53 | AmecoPress
URL: www.amecopress.net/spip.php?article2040
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Reacciones al plan contra la trata de seres humanos para su explotación sexual
Diversas organizaciones de mujeres vaticinan la ineficacia del plan aprobado por el Gobierno
Madrid, Lunes 29 de diciembre de 2008, por Gloria López
El Consejo de Ministros aprobó el pasado 12 de diciembre el plan contra la trata de seres humanos para su explotación sexual, que obligará a reformar varias leyes, trasponer directivas y modificar códigos. Este plan contará con un presupuesto superior a los 44 millones de euros, y su vigencia es de tres años. Entrará en vigor el 1 de enero de 2009. Un grupo interministerial (Exteriores, Interior, Trabajo e Inmigración, Justicia, Educación y Políticas Sociales e Igualdad), las comunidades autónomas y las diversas organizaciones e instituciones que trabajan con estas mujeres conformarán un foro contra la trata, desde donde se revisará el funcionamiento del plan y se aportarán sugerencias. De momento, la mayoría de las asociaciones de mujeres consultadas por AmecoPress consideran que este plan es insuficiente y vaticinan su ineficacia.
El documento diferencia la trata de seres humanos para su explotación sexual del tráfico ilegal de inmigrantes por tres características: el consentimiento (que suele darse en el caso de los inmigrantes ilegales a pesar de las penosas condiciones en que llegan, mientras que las mujeres dedicadas a la prostitución suelen viajar mediante coacción, engaño o abuso); la explotación (el tráfico ilegal finaliza con la llegada al destino, mientras que las condiciones de explotación siguen); y la transnacionalidad, que cuando se trata de prostitución no siempre supone un tráfico entre países, sino en el mismo territorio, en ocasiones.
Además, el texto califica la trata de seres humanos con fines de explotación sexual como una "clara expresión de violencia de género" por cuanto afecta mayoritariamente a las mujeres y niñas fruto, en muchos casos, de la feminización de la pobreza en sus países de origen (discriminación, división sexual del trabajo, falta de educación o desempleo).
“Nos congratula que el Gobierno haya elaborado por fin un plan contra la trata de seres humanos”, afirma Carmen Briz, portavoz de Hetaira, en declaraciones a AmecoPress. “No obstante, nos preocupa que ante la grave violación de los derechos humanos que significa la trata, se hayan dejado fuera otras formas de trata de seres humanos como la explotación laboral en otras actividades económicas, matrimonios forzosos o servidumbre. El Gobierno debería haber sido más ambicioso”.
Las organizaciones de mujeres que pertenecen a la Plataforma por la Abolición de la Prostitución, más de una treintena, rechazan el documento aprobado porque es "insuficiente y será inútil para combatir la explotación sexual y para desincentivar la demanda". La plataforma planteó al Gobierno actuaciones contra los clientes de los burdeles y un plan contra la explotación sexual, pero sus sugerencias no han sido escuchadas. "Las denuncias serán mínimas y si sólo se combate la trata se deja al margen el resto de la prostitución, que es una explotación igual", explican.
"Se han rebajado con mucho las conclusiones que se obtuvieron en la comisión del Congreso en la legislatura pasada, y han frustrado las expectativas que habíamos depositados en estas primeras medidas contra la explotación sexual", afirma la portavoz de la plataforma, Rosario Carracedo. Además no se tiene en cuenta la perspectiva de género, porque ya en el propio título del plan queda diluida: la mayoría de las afectadas son mujeres y han puesto seres humanos. Y distinguir trata y prostitución es no abordar el tema: la trata no es más que el medio con el que se abastece la prostitución", aseguró Carracedo.
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| 30 Dec 2008 - 11:12 | Honolulu Advertiser
URL: www.honoluluadvertiser.com/section/domes . . .
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Crossing the Line
Honolulu Advertiser seven part series on domestic violence
www.honoluluadvertiser.com/section/domesticviolence_day1
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| 30 Dec 2008 - 10:34 | Igualdad Ya
URL: www.equalitynow.org/spanish/actions/acti . . .
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AcciÓn Mujeres
Afganistán: La paz y la seguridad minadas: señaladas en particular las mujeres dirigentes
El 21 de mayo de 2007, Malalai Joya, una mujer miembro del Parlamento y defensora de los derechos de la mujer, fue suspendida del Parlamento afgano por criticar a sus colegas parlamentarios que son caudillos y compararlos, en una entrevista televisiva, a algo peor que un establo de animales. Su suspensión fue en contra del reglamento de la Wolesi Jirga (Cámara Baja del Parlamento), que sólo admite una suspensión de un día o una suspensión de un número indeterminado más de días si lo solicita la Junta Administrativa y lo aprueba la Wolesi Jirga. Este procedimiento no se siguió. Además, se ha informado ampliamente de que Malalai Joya ha recibido amenazas de violación y asesinato de parte de sus colegas diputados, aunque hasta la fecha no se han tomado medidas contra ningún parlamentario por las amenazas dirigidas a Malalai.
Las mujeres en la vida pública se ven señaladas cada vez más por defender los derechos humanos y asumir un papel público en la sociedad de Afganistán, como la comandante Malalai Kakar, la policía más veterana de Afganistán, quien fue muerta a tiros fuera de su casa el 28 de septiembre de 2008. La comandante Kakar presidía el departamento de delitos contra la mujer en la ciudad de Kandahar y su acatamiento del imperio de la ley a fin de enfrentar la violencia contra la mujer dio lugar a amenazas diarias y a una serie de atentados contra su vida, antes de que ella fuera abatida de muerte. El 25 de septiembre de 2006 Safia Ama Jan, directora provincial en el sur de Afganistán del Ministerio de Asuntos de la Mujer, fue asesinada frente a la puerta principal de su casa en Kandahar. Al igual que Malalai Joya, Shukria Barakzai, una colega parlamentaria, ha sido objeto de amenazas de muerte. Su oficina ha sido atacada en varias ocasiones y se ha informado de que su nombre figura en una lista que también incluía el nombre de la comandante Kakar como objetivo de asesinato. En junio de 2007 dos mujeres periodistas fueron asesinadas y muchas otras recibieron amenazas de muerte.
Las escuelas para las niñas se han visto cada vez más obligadas a cerrar después de ser atacadas. En noviembre de 2008 presuntos militantes talibanes utilizaron pistolas de agua para rociar de ácido a las docentes y las niñas que caminaban a la escuela en Kandahar. El Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF) señala que, hasta mediados de noviembre de 2008, se han producido 256 incidentes de violencia escolar que han resultado en alrededor de 58 muertes y 46 heridas.
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http://www.equalitynow.org/spanish/actions/action_2106_sp.html
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| 30 Dec 2008 - 09:59 | CIMAC noticias
URL: www.cimac.org.mx
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EN ENERO, VICTORIA MANNO ENVIARÁ DESDE CUBA MENSAJE DE PAZ Y CONTRA LA VIOLENCIA HACIA MUJERES E INFANCIA
La Habana, Cuba.- Por noveno año consecutivo, el próximo primero de enero de 2009, Victoria Manno, actriz y periodista de nacionalidad argentina e italiana, lanzará desde la Plaza de la Revolución, en La Habana, Cuba, un mensaje de fe, de esperanza y de paz, dando voz a las mujeres, niñas y niños que sufren en silencio la violación de sus derechos.
Este acto forma parte del proyecto "El fin es el comienzo en las alturas", que ella inició el año 1999 con la ascensión al monte Aconcagua para transmitir un mensaje de paz, auspiciado por el Fondo de Desarrollo de las Naciones Unidas para la Mujer (UNIFEM) y la empresa Acer.
Pediré, dijo, por la reivindicación de los derechos de las mujeres y la infancia, a la conciencia de los países del mundo, a los jefes de Estado, a los jefes de los organismos internacionales, a las personalidades eminentes y a los medios de comunicación, para que actúen.
Victoria Manno ha escogido lugares emblemáticos del orbe, como las Pirámides de Egipto, la Muralla China, la Plaza Roja, la Torre Eiffel y Teotihuacan para alzar la voz por los derechos de las personas más desasistidas.
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| 29 Dec 2008 - 11:16 | Stop Honor Killings
URL: www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&fi . . .
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Nordic angle on forced marriage and honour crime
Nordic co-operation to provide refuges for the victims of forced marriage and honour crimes is absolutely necessary, it emerged from a conference in Oslo, 4-5 December. It is also crucial that the Nordic countries discuss mutual experiences of the two phenomena.
Some victims are locked up after school, others are not allowed to take part in PE classes at school, many are exposed to regular physical and mental violence perpetrated by their closest relatives as part of their upbringing. In other words, many different fates await the victims of honour crimes and forced marriage. A number of honour killings of young women in the Nordic Region in recent years has focused attention on the provision of care for the victims of forced marriage and honour crime.
Many young women and men in the Nordic Region flee from the family to avoid honour-related violence or forced marriage. Their needs are diverse and the social services must be tailored to meet the needs of the individual. It is important that the Nordic countries discuss their experiences and forge partnerships in this area. The housing options and support available to victims were presented at the conference held under the auspices of the Norwegian Ministry of Children and Equality and the Nordic Council of Ministers.
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www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&file=article&sid=3286
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| 29 Dec 2008 - 11:06 | Equality Now
info@equalitynow.org
URL: www.equalitynow.org
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Take action to support women in Afghanistan and human rights organizations in Ethiopia
Equality Now has just issued Women's Action Update 21.6 in its Afghanistan campaign, re-iterating its call to the Afghan government to immediately and unconditionally reinstate to Parliament Malalai Joya, who was wrongly suspended for criticizing fellow members of Parliament as being warlords.
The Action highlights generally the increased vulnerability of high-profile women in Afghanistan, many of whom have been killed for promoting women's rights or just for participating in public life. It urges the Afghan government to guarantee the personal safety of Malalai Joya and all those seeking to protect and promote the full equal rights of women in Afghanistan.
Click here for Women's Action Update 21.6:
http://go.netatlantic.com/t/16223837 /60654872/130174/0/
Equality Now has also just issued Women's Action Update 22.5 highlighting the draft law now being considered by the Ethiopian government that would effectively prohibit human rights organizations from operating in the country. The Action is calling on the Ethiopian government to remove the provision requiring groups working on women's rights and other specific areas to obtain 90% of their funding from within the country and urges a comprehensive revision of the text to guarantee that all groups working on human rights, including women's rights, are allowed to operate freely and without government interference. The Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association is one group that would be severely affected if these changes are passed into law, which would put at risk the vital work being done to promote women's rights in Ethiopia, including on behalf of Woineshet Zebene Negash whose abduction and rape were highlighted in a previous Women's Action.
Click here for Women's Action Update 22.5:
http://go.netatlantic.com/t/16223837 /60654872/130175/0/
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| 29 Dec 2008 - 10:59 | Time
URL: www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1 . . .
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The Best Way to Curb Forced Marriages
By Deena Guzder Friday, Dec. 26, 2008
When Humayra Abedin left the U.K. on Aug. 2 with a round-trip ticket to Bangladesh after hearing that her mother was sick, she had no idea the "illness" was a ruse to lure her home to marry a suitor of her parents' choice. But on Dec. 17, Abedin, a 32-year-old doctor who has lived in Britain for the past six years, confirmed in a statement that she had been held captive for four months in her native country and coerced into a marriage by her mother and father. "I was forced to marry a person of my parents' choice," it read. "I entered the marriage ceremony under duress. I did not consent to the marriage."
Earlier in December, after being alerted to her situation, the British High Court had issued an injunction to Abedin's family in Bangladesh to allow her to return to the U.K. under Britain's Forced Marriage Act of 2007. It was the first time the law — which went into effect on Nov. 25 of this year and gives courts the power to protect forced-marriage victims and dole out sentences to their perpetrators — was invoked on behalf of someone who is not a British national.
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