Document #2007868

RDC – Refugee Documentation Centre, Legal Aid Board

Information on arranged/forced marriages of young girls including: rates nationwide; rates for Kaduna; available state protection for those who report on forced marriages; related honour killings nationwide/in Kaduna; treatment of families who refuse to allow their daughter undergo a forced marriage; Hausa/Fulani traditions of child marriages; & state protection for Hausa/Fulani who report child marriages

https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2007868/144775.pdf
ecoi.net summary:
Query response on Nigeria: Arranged / forced marriages
Country:
Nigeria
Source:
RDC – Refugee Documentation Centre, Legal Aid Board
Original link:
https://coi.easo.europa.eu/administration/ireland/PLib/144775.pdf
Document type:
Response
Language:
English
Published:
26 April 2019
Document ID:
2007868

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