Forced To Be Female

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Dr Gundle adds that people are more vulnerable during the pandemic and there can be increased opportunities for predators to “prey on some parents and promise them that they will provide something better for their child, when they will really just be going into a dangerous situation.

This is the reality for millions of women and girls in Iran, where the state heavily controls women’s bodies.Women worldwide have been forced or coerced by medical personnel to submit to permanent and irreversible sterilization procedures. Regrettably, due to security vulnerabilities within China, a distressing enterprise has arisen involving the trafficking of women and girls from neighboring nations. Some of these pregnancies are caused by a lack of sexual education, access to contraception, or mistake, but many of them, especially among young girls, are caused by sexual violence, often perpetrated by relatives or acquaintances. Pollard says they didn’t want married girls in their school “who would likely just end up pregnant”.

Now imagine that before you step foot outside your front door to do any of those things, you must stop and check that your hair is properly covered with a headscarf and that you have covered up your arms and legs. View image in fullscreen Anya Cook with her husband Derick Cook at Windmill Park in Coconut Creek, Florida. Child and forced marriage (CFM) is a human rights violation and a harmful practice that disproportionately affects women and girls globally, preventing them from living their lives free from all forms of violence. Over the years, the primary approach of the Chinese government has been to disregard the mounting accusations regarding the potential involvement of officials in these illicit activities. As Pollard’s case demonstrates, child brides in America can find themselves in the position of being deemed old enough to marry, but too young to be admitted to a domestic violence shelter (children can be admitted to a shelter if they are coming with a parent).

Forced and coerced sterilizations are grave violations of medical ethics and can be described as acts of torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment. In some countries, it may take time to see the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child marriage rates. I had to dress in drag all the time when we stayed in their home and we stayed for ten months, not three.

Eventually, we talked about marriage and we dreamed of taking vows, but we knew we would never be able to do it in the traditional Sikh way. Empirical literature and theory on the drivers of child marriage, as well as anecdotal evidence from a number of countries, allow to conclude that the risk of child marriage increases in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences.She began working with legislatures in 2013 on different bills to stop child marriage, but these bills failed to pass. Another time, she attempted to escape to a domestic violence shelter, but was turned away because she was under 18, the required age for admittance. Her school, doctors and hospital staff at Jackson Memorial Hospital (where Johnson gave birth) all saw a pregnant 10-year-old and did not take action.