Even though legislation was tightened in 2020 around child marriage and the possibility of issuing an exit ban came into place, children and young people are still being taken out of the country, according to the National Competence Team against honor-related violence and oppression.
The ban is considered not to have been used to a sufficiently high extent.
“Innocent Little Girl”
Miranda Ebrahimi was only thirteen years old when she was told in her then home country of Iran that she was going to be married off.
– It felt like a lot of work. Still when I think back, I see my childhood pictures. What an innocent little cute girl.
In the player above: Miranda talks about when she was married off in her home country.