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Forced Marriage: Health, Wellbeing, Community and Law
31 July 2015, 12:00 am
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Forced marriage is illegal in the UK and has a huge impact on the lives of the people it affects, and yet, little is known about it. This one day workshop will set the scene and explore some of the key questions about forced marriage in regards to culture and honour, the law and police, education and health services.
31 July 2015
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When Friday, 31 July 2015 |
Where The Pavilion, UCL Main Quad |
A workshop convened by Asma Ashraf, Research Nurse, UCL Grand Challenge of Global Health and Professor Nora Groce (Division of Epidemiology and Public Health and Chair, UCL Grand Challenge of Global Health).
Forced marriage is illegal in the UK and has a huge impact on the lives of the people it affects, and yet, little is known about it. This one day workshop will set the scene and explore some of the key questions about forced marriage in regards to culture and honour, the law and police, education and health services.
The workshop will give special attention to the impacts of forced marriage on physical and mental health. There will be discussion on the response of health services to forced marriage and how it can be tackled by health care providers using a multi-professional approach. We will also explore the role of academic research in supporting and filling the gaps in evidence that exist for forced marriage.