In this episode, Dr. Lauren Eglen and I discuss the way narratives from survivors illuminate the definition of forced marriage offered by the ILO and Walk Free - that it combines a loss of sexual autonomy with certain kinds of forced labour, an

Forced Marriage and Modern Slavery: Learning from Survivors’ Narratives

Nov 13th, 2021 30m 9s

In this episode, Dr. Helen McCabe is joined by Lauren Eglen to discuss learning about the relationship between forced marriage and modern slavery from survivor narratives. Considering accounts of the lived experience of people who have been for

Historical Analyses of How Marriage and Slavery May Be Related

Oct 13th, 2021 23m 46s

Dr. Helen McCabe discusses with guest editor, Professor Zoe Trodd (Director of the Rights Lab) the ways in which four nineteenth-century feminists analyzed, and criticized, marriage as an institution similar to slavery, particularly in the way

Forced Marriage and Domestic Law

Sep 13th, 2021 27m 34s

In the second episode of the Forced Marriage Research Podcast, Dr. Helen McCabe talks to Dr. Hannah Baumeister about her findings from a survey of the domestic legislation of all the UN Member States concerning forced marriage. They discuss whi

Forced Marriage or ‘Forced Conjugal Association’?

Aug 13th, 2021 23m 6s

Dr. Helen McCabe and Dr. Hannah Baumeister discuss how different international courts have dealt with prosecutions of forced marriage in war; how they have understood forced marriage as a form of slavery in different ways; the implications of t

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