Forced marriage of people with learning disabilities: a human rights issue

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Forced marriage of people with learning disabilities: a human rights issue

This paper reports some of the findings of an exploratory study which sought to better understand the demographics of forced marriage of people with learning disabilities and the contexts in which such marriages may occur. It was found that forced marriages of people with and without learning disabi...

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Main Authors:	Clawson, Rachael, Fyson, Rachel
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2017
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43251/

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