SALCO - Who, If, When to Marry -The Incidence of Forced Marriage in Ontario (Sep 2013)

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Another significant challenge noted by survey respondents was the fear that debilitated many FM clients fromstanding up to the perpetrators of their own FM. Many clients were unable to challenge their family membersand others to stop a FM. That fear was related to several factors including: a legitimate fear of harm, culturalnorms, shaming their families, estrangement from their own families, financial hardship, and general lack ofsupport from external resources. Survey respondents noted that many clients returned home or remained inFM situations for the reasons listed above.Regressive immigration policies were reported as a challenge in 19% of the surveys. Those policies couldinclude the new conditional permanent residence, which may force victims to stay in a FM for fear of the lossof immigration status. FM clients without permanent status in Canada have also reported threats and fear ofloss of status if they did not cooperate with FM perpetrators.Survey results revealed a myriad of challenges that complicate each FM situation, and posit both internal andexternal challenges that need to be addressed. Several systemic barriers were identified as noted above.22
SURVEY SUMMARYSALCO’s FM survey provided a wealth of data on FM in Canada. The results highlighted criticalinformation that can be used to address FM in Canada as well as highlight gaps in services andchallenges for FM clients..Survey results reveal several critical issues in FM cases:··Most victims tend to be young;··Victims can be male, female, transgendered, etc.;··Victims come from all cultures/communities/religions;··Many victims had established ties to Canada as seen by the length of time that they had been inCanada;··A large number of victims were permanent residents of Canada;··A large number of victims were taken outside of the country that they lived in (either taken out of Canadaor brought to Canada);··Many victims were either in high school or post-secondary education;··A majority of victims were unaware of their rights in a FM situation;··A majority of victims were financially dependent on others (had no economic independence);··Victims were forced into marriage most often by family members (with parents making up the largestpercentage); and··Challenges in FM cases included lack of counselling, lack of legal support, poor risk assessment, andlack of housing and financial support.23
Page 1 and 2: South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario
Page 3 and 4: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSSALCO would like to
Page 5: TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroduction 1Hist
Page 9 and 10: HISTORY OF SALCO’SFORCED MARRIAGE
Page 11 and 12: FORCED MARRIAGE:LEGISLATION IN CANA
Page 14 and 15: CASESTUDYRicky was born and raised
Page 16 and 17: 2 AgeThe survey found that the majo
Page 18 and 19: 4Citizenshipand Length of Time in C
Page 20 and 21: There was no measure included in th
Page 22 and 23: 9Perpetrators of Forced MarriageFro
Page 24 and 25: individual get a job (so the person
Page 26 and 27: the situation or fled. Although all
Page 30 and 31: CASESTUDYEver since Nina turned 16,
Page 32 and 33: RISK ASSESMENTRecommendation #3: De
Page 34 and 35: Recommendation #8: Better protectio
Page 36 and 37: WORKS CITEDBuckeridge, J. (2012, Au
Page 38 and 39: 2% 1% 1%Figure 1: Age of Individual
Page 40 and 41: 15%15%2% 3%Figure 5: Level of Educa
Page 42 and 43: 13%1%4%11%Figure 9: Level of Educat
Page 44 and 45: INFORMATION AND CONSENT FORMThis is
Page 46 and 47: Level of education:High School Dipl
Page 48 and 49: APPENDIX CInterview Questions42
Page 50: APPENDIX DConference Report44

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