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I don’t, I won’t: Australia’s untold struggle with forced marriage

  • Noelle Reyes
  • Jun 10, 2017
  • 1 min read

In Melbourne, a man has pleaded guilty to marrying a child bride at a suburban mosque last year.

Forced marriage currently represents 41 per cent of the total number of referrals to the Australian Federal Police Human Trafficking Team. So why is it still happening in Australia?


Noelle Reyes reports on improvements that the federal government can implement and how society's attitudes towards children need to change.


 
 
 

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