Servile marriage 2012, para. 51

Paragraphe
Paragraph text
In some cases, the parents force a bride into a servile marriage to improve their economic situation or to pay off the family's debts. A poor, rural family is more likely to force a female member into marriage for financial reasons rather than for cultural and religious reasons. The payment may be made in cash or in kind to the woman's family, guardian or any other person or group. In such instances, the bride's family forces her to remain in a servile marriage because returning to her home would mean that her family would have to repay the bride price to her husband or her husband's family.
Status juridique
Non-negotiated soft law
Organe
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
Type de document
Special Procedures' report
Mode d'adoption
N.A.
Thèmes
  • Economic Rights
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Personnes concernées
  • Families
  • Women
Année
2012
Type de paragraphe
Other
Paragraph number
51