Watch Arranged Marriage episode tonight 8.30pm
Insight will tonight take a look at one of the more nuanced areas of Australian relationships as it examines arranged marriages, hearing directly from those who are living in them or who have experienced them.
The Federal Government is considering laws to prevent forced marriages, after a number of cases of young Australian women being pressured to wed or forced to marry abroad.
But, of course, marriages arranged by parents and family aren’t always forced. Some cultural groups in Australia – among them Indian and Lebanese – are choosing to keep the tradition alive, and their children are happily allowing their spouses to be chosen for them. Some people, however, are agreeing to the marriages because of family pressure.
Take a sneak peek of the program which airs on SBS One tonight:
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Australia was added to a list of countries that were “under surveillance” due to the Federal Government’s unwillingness to officially scrap its national censorship scheme, despite its massive unpopularity.
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