Title | Mongolia: 1. Please provide demographic background on Kazaks in Mongolia. 2. Is there a custom of a widow being required to marry her husband's brother? Does it persist today? If so, what is the geographic or social spread? 3. Is any such custom enforced, and if so how? 4. Do the Mongolian authorities provide protection for women affected by such customs? |
Publisher | Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal |
Publication Date | 24 October 2006 |
Country | Mongolia |
Topics | Forced marriage | Kazakhs | Police | State protection |
Citation / Document Symbol | MNG30829 |
Cite as | Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal, Mongolia: 1. Please provide demographic background on Kazaks in Mongolia. 2. Is there a custom of a widow being required to marry her husband's brother? Does it persist today? If so, what is the geographic or social spread? 3. Is any such custom enforced, and if so how? 4. Do the Mongolian authorities provide protection for women affected by such customs?, 24 October 2006, MNG30829, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4b6fe2a40.html [accessed 27 May 2023] |
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