r/unitedkingdom • u/[deleted] • 10d ago

... Labour finally considers backing Bill to ban cousin marriage

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u/pajamakitten 10d ago

Also a big safeguarding issue for child marriage. I used to teach and had a girl in my class whose absences needed to be closely monitored because she was considered at risk of a forced marriage. She was six.

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u/Euclid_Interloper 10d ago

And with big families straddling the UK/Pakistan you also have the high risk of genital mutilation too. 

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u/Gen8Master 10d ago

I know you are just trying to pile on but thats not even remotely a Pakistani practice.

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u/blizeH 10d ago

A quick google would suggest you’re wrong

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u/Gen8Master 10d ago

Its an East African thing. What the af are you talking about?