Netherlands: Rotterdam acts to bar forced marriages
May 20, 2009
Rotterdam - Rotterdam is launching a new system to help prevent teenage girls from being pressured into marriage when they go away on holiday to their family's country of origin.
Girls who are concerned they may be forced into an arranged marriage can express their concerns with the school. Before they go away, the girls can sign a contract stating they do not want to marry.
If the girls fail to return at the end of the summer, the Dutch police will be notified immediately.
Radio Netherlands
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