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The Tragedy of Child Brides Gordon Brown: Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; UN Special Envoy for Global Education Posted: 10/09/2012 8:20 am This Thursday the first International Day of The Girl Child aims to focus attention on two major issues affecting millions of vulnerable...

Asia's shortage of brides stirs social upheaval around region Fewer girl babies and educated women who resist marriage are altering societies By Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun - October 31, 2011 As the world's population passes seven billion, there is growing unease in Asia about the social...

With skewed sex ratios it is impossible to find a local mate for each man Decades of unchecked sex-selective abortions have made the once fertile States of Punjab and Haryana suffer a drought of brides, making human-trafficking a lucrative and expanding trade. Often projected as a voluntary...

Sukhbir woos deserted brides IP Singh, TNN, Jan 19, 2011, 12.28am IST JALANDHAR: Punjabi NRI Sammelan held here on Tuesday saw a fewer footfall but that did not deter the state government from announcing strategic measures to address the issues of deserted brides besides Punjabi men...

‘Runaway groom’ says bride hid disability from him December 12, 2010 Raveena Aulakh - The Star Toronto Brampton's Ashpreet Badwal, 35, and Manjit Shahi are shown in one of their wedding photos. KEITH BEATY/TORONTO STAR Five months after Manjit Shahi arrived in Canada and allegedly...

Foreign brides, grooms to face English tests in UK ANI, Nov 27, 2010 - THE TIMES OF INDIA LONDON: Foreign brides and grooms will have to prove they can speak English before being allowed to move to the UK under new rules which come in to force on Monday. Migrants wanting to marry a Briton...

Imported brides becoming popular (Thinkstock Photos/ Getty Images) Asian men from rich countries such as Japan and South Korea are increasingly seeking brides from poorer ones like Vietnam and the Philippines -- as economically liberated local women get picky. Marriages between...

Ads: Brides, grooms for ride to Canada Ads: Brides, grooms for ride to Canada - Chandigarh - City - The Times of India JALANDHAR: Indo-Canadian marriage market is thriving, and how! “Court marriage partner sought for Canadian Jat widower, 62, 5’8”. Contact soon,” reads an advertisement in...

South Asian 'slave brides' causing concern in UK...

When Brides Become Scarce by Laika Jain Copyright ©Tribune News Service Alarmed at the rising incidence of female foeticide in India, and a declining sex ration in Punjab, an edict was issued in August 2000 from the Akal Takhat - the highest temporal seat in Sikhism –...

source: http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100122/nation.htm#2 NRI brides from region face max desertions Aditi Tandon Tribune News Service New Delhi, January 21 Punjab continues to top the list of states witnessing bride desertions by their NRI spouses. When it comes to foreign lands...

Deserted NRI brides advocate female foeticide ‘We don’t want our daughters to suffer like us’ Jalandhar, November 10 Deserted by their NRI husbands, scores of Punjabi girls, who seem to have exhausted jall avenues for seeking justice, have been advocating female foeticide. Apprehending a...

Those who burn brides need to be hanged: Apex court 1 Jun 2009, 1621 hrs IST, IANS NEW DELHI: Voicing its disgust over the social evil of dowry death, the Supreme Court on Monday observed that perpetrators of bride burning "need to be hanged." The observation was made by the...

Branding Brides and Grooms in India An analysis of matrimonial advertising in India 1967-1997 Kapil Sethi Director of Planning McCann Erickson Malaysia E-mail: Kapil_Sethi@mccann.com Matrimonial ads are a uniquely South Asian if not Indian phenomenon, where they serve as a facilitating...

Punjab Governor pleads safe guards for NRI abandoned brides Punjab Newsline Network Tuesday, 13 February 2007 CHANDIGARH: Punjab Governor and Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, Gen. (Retd.) S.F. Rodrigues, Tuesday Strongly pleaded for evolving a constructive, responsive and caring...

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=f41cf38c-7a1c-4b8b-acd5-3ddb5f7b063b India steps in to help brides Special units to weed out marriage fraud Mike RobertsCanWest News Service Sunday, March 12, 2006 India has announced plans to set up an international network to crack...

http://www.canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/news/story.html?id=a392f07a-6807-43be-83f1-b834f9568cf3 Abandoned Brides: A Province Special Investigation Canada's Shame India's Sorrow Fabian DawsonThe Province October 16, 2005 In Punjab's Doaba region everyone knows someone who is married...

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