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Sri Lanka: Incidence of forced marriages and protection available to women (2004-2005)

9 January 2006 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Whether forced marriages exist; if so, the frequency of such marriages, the people who organize them (maternal or paternal family), the regions and ethnic groups involved, the treatment of people who refuse such marriages and the state protection available to them (2004 - January 2006)

9 January 2006 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Armenia: State protection available to women forced into arranged marriages (January 2000 - December 2005)

29 December 2005 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Niger: Forced and arranged marriages and, more specifically, the treatment of young victims (men and women) of these marriages; regions in which the frequency of these marriages is higher, and the possibility of refusing this type of marriage; the possible consequences, recourses and protection for a woman who refuses such a marriage (December 2005)

19 December 2005 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Nigeria: Prevalence of arranged marriages within the Igbo community and of arranged or forced marriages between Igbo Christian women and Muslim men; information on the availability of state protection and recourses for victims of those kinds of marriage (2001-2005)

14 December 2005 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Guinea: Whether the Guerzé practise polyandry; if so, whether a woman can be forced to remarry should her husband be absent for a prolonged period, even when this first marriage has not been annulled (October 2005)

27 October 2005 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Republic of Congo (Brazzaville): Whether forced marriages are practised, particularly among members of the Teke ethnic group; if so, protection offered by the state (October 2005)

27 October 2005 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Saudi Arabia: Forced and arranged marriages; people who arrange the marriages; whether such marriages take place within the extended family; the age of couples who are married through forced and arranged marriages; whether one can refuse an arranged marriage; whether arranged marriages are limited to a particular religious or social group (2003-2005)

7 October 2005 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Kenya: The prevalence of forced marriages among the Ismaeli community; whether certain groups of women within the community are subject to forced marriage and, if so, the state protection available to women who refuse such a forced marriage (July 2005)

13 July 2005 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Lebanon: The prevalence of forced marriages among Christians in Beirut and in smaller towns; societal attitudes toward a woman who refuses such a marriage; the consequences faced by women who refuse such a marriage; the protection available against such consequences (January 2004 - June 2005)

17 June 2005 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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