Extended Family: South Asian Legal Clinic

South Asian Legal Clinic: The first-of-its-kind report, being released at a Toronto news conference Friday, was conducted by the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario , which questioned 30 social service agencies about the practice, according to The Star. The report found that parents, siblings, extended family, grandparents and religious leaders were all involved in pushing individuals into forced marriage. The reasons were mostly cultural 66 per cent , but honour, money and immigration purposes were also behind some forced marriages and A groundbreaking three-year study of forced marriage in Ontario has found more than 200 women who were wed against their will, a practice the reports authors say highlights serious gaps in services. It found 219 reported cases between 2010 and 2012, with 97 per cent of the victims being women. The survey found the majority of victims, 81 per cent, were between 16 and 34 years old. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.