Resources
This is a searchable library of publications, webinars, blog posts, and training manuals from the U.S. and around the world on the topic of forced marriage.
Human trafficking involving marriage and partner migration to Australia
Author: Samantha Lyneham & Kelly Richards
Publication: The Australian Institute of Criminology, Research and Public Policy Series, #124 (May 20, 2014)
This study outlines the issue of human trafficking involving marriage and partner migration. The findings illustrate that some women immigrating to Australia as good faith spouses are trafficked and exploited through domestic servitude or sex work.
Empowering Girls: What the Commonwealth can do to end early and forced marriage
Author: Royal Commonwealth Society & Plan International
Publication: September 29, 2011
This guide provides recommendations for actions the Commonwealth can take to end the practices of early and forced marriage in Australia.
Hidden Exploitation: Women in forced labour, marriage and migration
Author: Good Shepherd Network and Anti-Slavery Australia
Published: 2012
This report exposes gaps in knowledge and services relating to the labor of women in Australia. The authors provide a needs assessment, as well as suggestions for a way forward in terms of possible partnerships for developing knowledge, services and advocacy.
End Child Marriage Australia: Research Report on the Forced Marriage of Children in Australia by The National Children’s and Youth Law Centre
Author: National Children’s and Youth Law Center
Publication: 2013
This report provides children’s rights-based analysis and evaluation of the current responses of service providers to child victims of forced marriage in Australia.
Forced Marriage and Learning Disabilities: Multi-Agency Practice Guidelines
Author: Rachael Clawson & Pam Vallance in conjunction with the Forced Marriage Unit (United Kingdom)
Published: 2009
These practice guidelines were developed to assist professionals encountering cases of forced marriage of people with learning disabilities in the United Kingdom and Whales.
