Historical archive

Combating forced marriages

Historical archive

Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government

Publisher: Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

– Family loyalty can make it harder to say "No, I do not want to marry this person", or make it harder to stick to a "no" when your parents don't listen, says the political advisor to the Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion, Ms. Hadia Tajik.

Political Advisor Hadia Tajik– Family loyalty can make it harder to say "No, I do not want to marry this person", or make it harder to stick to a "no" when your parents don't listen, says the political advisor to the Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion, Ms. Hadia Tajik.

Ms. Tajik participated 4 September at the workshop on combating forced marriages, hosted by the British Embassy and the Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi). Her speech focused on the Norwegian Government’s work against forced marriages.

Hadia Tajik's speech