Bride Kidnapping

BRIDE KIDNAPPING OTHERWISE KNOWN AS MARRIAGE BY ABDUCTION OR CAPTURE FAMILY PRESSURE ATTITUDES TOWARDS WOMEN Low CONFIDENCE IN MEN TRADITION WHY? INABILITY TO AFFORD DOWRY No PUNISHMENT SOME FAMILIES IN ALBANIA ENCOURAGE GIRLS TO MARRY YOUNG SO THEY'RE NOT KIDNAPPED ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL WHERE? ALSO RECORDED PREVALENT IN CENTRAL ASIA IN UK, ETHIOPIA, KENYA, CHINA E OTHERS UPTO 92% OF MARRIAGES IN PARTS OF ETHIOPIA NATIONAL AVERAGE 69% HELP! MASS INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS NATIONALLY AND ESPECIALLY IN AT RISK AREAS TRAINING OF OFFICIALS TO RECOGNISE AND DEAL WITH BRIDE KIDNAPPING PARTICULARLY MARRIAGE OFFICIALS, RELIGIOUS OR OTHERWISE, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT RECOGNITION IN NATIONAL LAW OF BRIDE KIDNAPPING AS HUMAN ABDUCTION IWI INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S INITIATIVE | INTERNATIONALWOMENSINITIATIVE.ORG SOURCES: UN Doc 'Forced and Early Marriage...' http://tinyurl.com/y8ju9tp Bride Kidnapping: A Tradition or a Crime? http://tinyurl.com/cjhu3xk Bride Kidnapping http://tinyurl.com/yxqsja DESIGNED BY JSILLARS THERE IS SPECULATION THAT THE MODERN HONEYMOON STEMS FROM THIS TRADITION: THE MAN WOULD TAKE HIS NEW BRIDE INTO HIDING TO AVOID REPRISALS FROM THE WOMEN'S FAMILY