Tuesday, 2 December 2008

Unbelievable

I watched a documentary film on the BBC for task n.2 .
It is unbelievable in 21st century hearing that every year nearly thousand of British girls age between 13-18 have been taken abroad for being married by force.The film coll 'This World' .A British-Pakistani woman who has born in England was presenter.
To be honest i was impressed by watching it and several times during the film i cried.It shows that how the families are forcing their daughter to being married with their cosion.The majority reasons of this kind of marriage were for getting visa.
There was a big gap of life style between their life in England and Pakistan.Most of them were living in a village with lack of technology.For example a thirteen years girl, who her given name was Tania ,was living i a Small village far from Islamabad without electricity and mobile phone. But after 2 weeks she could coll the British consul in Islamabad and tell them about her address and situation to being rescued and get back to the England.
Interestingly,the family particularly the father loves his daughter but it is a part of his cultural and after that he will be prod of his brother ism.
The British consul team was successful in rescuing three out of four girls in the film also one of the girl was rescued for second times.

To sum up,even though i come from a Asian country ,i could not believe that, in year 2008-9 forcing the teenage girls who, grow up in England, for being married in other countries without their willing.Furthermore I appreciate the British consul in Pakistan and their policy of rescuing,However, it should break privacy of the family.

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