Report on the Practice of Forced Marriage in Canada: Interviews with Frontline Workers
Exploratory Research Conducted in Montreal and Toronto in 2008

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Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Methodology
  • 1.2 Occupational Profile of Respondents
  • 1.3 Difficulties Encountered
• 2. Analysis and Interpretation of Interviews
  • 2.1 Socio-demographic Description of Individuals Threatened with or Victims of a Forced Marriage
  • 2.2 Types of Forced Marriage
  • 2.3 How Respondents Perceive Forced Marriage and the Distinction They Make between a Forced and an arranged marriage
  • 2.4 Reasons for Forced Marriage
    • 2.4.1 Because Marriage is a Social Act, a Family Matter
    • 2.4.2 To Protect Young Women
    • 2.4.3 To Save Family Honour
    • 2.4.4 The Family is in Exile
    • 2.4.5 To Comply with a Religious Precept
    • 2.4.6 To Control Women's Sexuality
    • 2.4.7 Socio-economic Factors
    • 2.4.8 A Guarantee Against Poverty
    • 2.4.9 To Deal with the Consequences of Pregnancy out of Wedlock
  • 2.5 Pressure Brought to Bear by the Family and Social Circle
  • 2.6 Strategies, Bargaining and Family Conflicts
  • 2.7 Forced Marriage, Threatened Forced Marriage, What are the Consequences?
  • 2.8 Help Provided by Service Providers to Victims of Forced Marriage or Persons Threatened with Forced Marriage
• 3. What Remains to be Done
  • 3.1 The Role to be Played by Government to Counter Forced Marriage
  • 3.2 The Role to be Played by Civil Society
• 4. Recommendations
• 5. Conclusion
• Bibliography

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