Céline

Céline, a 15-year-old girl who fled on her wedding day, told Amnesty International how she was forced to marry a relative of her aunt’s husband:

“I did not want to marry the man. My aunt told me ‘if you flee, we will destroy you’. I fled my husband’s home, but when I got to the village my family said I could not live with them.”

Girls who resist forced marriage face huge pressure from their families and society, including threats of violence.