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16/08/2013
The object then sets off the metal detector at the airport meaning the girls avoid the flight at the last minute, the Independent has reported.
Karma Nirvana is a Derby-based charity which runs a helpline for victims of forced marriages, and said it knows of many girls who have escaped by using the trick.
The charity's founder, Jasvinder Sanghera, admitted she was disowned by her family at the age of 16 after she refused to marry a man in India. In 1993, at the age of 27, she established Karma Nirvana, which now takes around 600 calls a month.
Charity spokeswoman, Natasha Rattu, said: "When youngsters ring, if they don't know exactly when it may happen, or if it's going to happen, we advise them to put a spoon in their underwear.
"When they go through security, it will highlight this object in a private area and, if 16 or over, they will be taken to a safe space where they have that one last opportunity to disclose they're being forced to marry.
"We've had people ring and say that it's helped them and got them out of a dangerous situation. It's an incredibly difficult thing to do with your family around you – but they won't be aware you have done it. It's a safe way."
The technique follows a Government warning to teachers, doctors and airport staff to be wary of the issue of school age girls, who are seemingly being taken abroad on holiday, but may actually be on their way to a life of enforced servitude.
In the three months up to the end of August 2012, the Foreign Office's Forced Marriage Unit received 400 reports, but it is feared many more go unreported. During the summer holidays, forced marriages are reported to be more common, as there is a minimal chance of a child's absence being noticed.
Statistics have revealed that the youngest victim the Forced Marriage Unit has come across was just aged two, while the oldest was 71.
Around half of the 1,500 cases handled by the Unit each year involve involve Pakistan. Bangladesh counts for 11%, and India 8%, with the remainder being spread across about 60 countries.
(JP/IT)
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Spoons Help Girls Escape Forced Marriage
A charity has revealed teenage girls, who fear they are being taken abroad to enter into a forced marriage, are hiding a spoon (or other metal object) in their underwear.The object then sets off the metal detector at the airport meaning the girls avoid the flight at the last minute, the Independent has reported.
Karma Nirvana is a Derby-based charity which runs a helpline for victims of forced marriages, and said it knows of many girls who have escaped by using the trick.
The charity's founder, Jasvinder Sanghera, admitted she was disowned by her family at the age of 16 after she refused to marry a man in India. In 1993, at the age of 27, she established Karma Nirvana, which now takes around 600 calls a month.
Charity spokeswoman, Natasha Rattu, said: "When youngsters ring, if they don't know exactly when it may happen, or if it's going to happen, we advise them to put a spoon in their underwear.
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"When they go through security, it will highlight this object in a private area and, if 16 or over, they will be taken to a safe space where they have that one last opportunity to disclose they're being forced to marry.
"We've had people ring and say that it's helped them and got them out of a dangerous situation. It's an incredibly difficult thing to do with your family around you – but they won't be aware you have done it. It's a safe way."
The technique follows a Government warning to teachers, doctors and airport staff to be wary of the issue of school age girls, who are seemingly being taken abroad on holiday, but may actually be on their way to a life of enforced servitude.
In the three months up to the end of August 2012, the Foreign Office's Forced Marriage Unit received 400 reports, but it is feared many more go unreported. During the summer holidays, forced marriages are reported to be more common, as there is a minimal chance of a child's absence being noticed.
Statistics have revealed that the youngest victim the Forced Marriage Unit has come across was just aged two, while the oldest was 71.
Around half of the 1,500 cases handled by the Unit each year involve involve Pakistan. Bangladesh counts for 11%, and India 8%, with the remainder being spread across about 60 countries.
(JP/IT)
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