WOMEN AND FORCED MARRIAGE IN SCOTLAND
women and forced marriage in scotland - Women's Support Project
women and forced marriage in scotland - Women's Support Project
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Middle Eastern<br />
Indian Subcontinent<br />
Far Eastern<br />
North African<br />
African (other)<br />
Central/South<br />
American<br />
Middle Eastern<br />
Indian Subcontinent<br />
Far Eastern<br />
North African<br />
African (other)<br />
Central/South<br />
American<br />
upheaval of moving, it is suspected that referrals of clients who may have issues around<br />
Forced Marriage might not have been picked up. Similarly, women who walk into Saheliya<br />
without an appointment, might not have been aware of this change of address and therefore<br />
been unable to refer themselves in person.<br />
The steady rise in women identifying forced marriage indicators in the first instance is<br />
attributable both to the recent media attention on the topic but also to Saheliya’s strong<br />
presence in schools, community centres and places of worship, our support of the Forced<br />
Marriage Bill and encouraging BME women to report their experience. In fact, outreach<br />
work is vital in facilitating women to come forward: since April 2012 we have a dedicated<br />
Forced Marriage and Honour Abuse worker, funded by the Scottish Government’s Violence<br />
Against Women Fund. This has significantly increased the number of younger women (aged<br />
12-18 years) who report being pressured into marriage (this is not represented in our<br />
statistics as the numbers above only come from our counseling service). We firmly believe<br />
that increasing the number of outreach workers available would dramatically increase the<br />
number of BME women reaching out for help with regards to Forced Marriage.<br />
Lastly and perhaps most importantly, the number of clients reporting forced marriage in<br />
2012 is calculated for months January to June (for all previous years, numbers are totaled<br />
from January to December). If we extrapolate linearly we can expect that this number will<br />
double by the end of 2012, reaching a peak in the number of cases seen in the last 5 years.<br />
Further Particulars of Saheliya clients:<br />
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1<br />
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Ethnic origin x Forced Marriage issues 2011-2012<br />
2011 2012<br />
In Forced Marriage Forced Marriage Indicators No Forced Marriage or Indicators<br />
Figure 2: Forced marriage issues feature more prominently from middle Eastern and South Asia Women, while there are also strong<br />
indicators present for African and South American women who access Saheliya services.<br />
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