Researchers discuss early and forced marriages in Northern Caucasus

Sat, 01 Jun 2024 23:53:00 +0300

The problem of early and forced marriages in Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia is still there, although there are no reliable statistics on this issue. The problem is rarely brought into the public sphere amid girls' confidence in their own defencelessness, absence of working laws and gender discrimination characteristic of the patriarchal structure inherent in these republics.