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

INFORMATION AND CONSENT FORMThis is an anonymous intake survey created by the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (SALCO) to collectdata on the prevalence of forced marriage in the Greater Toronto Area as well as the services available toand needed by the victims of forced marriage.You have been invited to participate in this study because, as a service provider in the Greater Toronto Area,you are in direct contact with the individuals facing forced marriage and other forms of gendered violence.While your organization may be mentioned in the research, the survey is anonymous and does not requestany identifying features of the clients. The data will be collected, analyzed and reported by SALCO and usedto produce a report discussing policy recommendations for national and international forced marriage cases.The data may also be used for further work on forced marriages and for academic publication purposes.Due to the anonymity, there are no identifiable risks to your agency or your clients. While there are no directbenefits for participating in this research, the increased awareness and the possible policy initiatives thatwill hopefully arise as a result of this research will also provide standard national procedures for the clientsfacing forced marriage in the community.Any information provided in the survey will be kept confidential and will be stored at the SALCO officeand on the researcher’s computer protected with a password. The collected surveys will be archived inperpetuity.Upon agreeing to participate in the project, you will be asked to fill out and submit the form when you arecontacted by a client regarding forced marriage. We would also like to receive information about the forcedmarriage cases that your organization has dealt with since January 2010.If you have any further questions about the project, please do not hesitate to contact the researcher,Maryum Anis, via telephone at (416) 487-6371 or email at salcogen1@lao.on.ca.If you agree to participate in the research, please sign below form and keep a copy of the signed form foryour records.DECLARATIONS:I have read the information above and understand that (Name of Organization) ______________________will not be required to provide any identifying information about the clients and the information provided willbe used by SALCO for research and policy recommendation purposes.I consent to the publication of my organization’s name: Yes NoNameSignature & Date38