Compensation marriage
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Compensation marriage, known variously as vanni, swara and sang chatti, is the traditional practice of forced marriage of women and girl children in order to resolve tribal feuds in parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Although illegal in Pakistan, it is still widely practiced in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province.
Compensation marriage is also practiced in Sub-Saharan Africa and some parts of the Middle East.
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- Akhtar Amin (Monday, November 13, 2006). Swara practised with impunity in tribal areas. Daily Times. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
- Declan Walsh (Thursday June 5 2008). 15 child brides used to settle Pakistan feud. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
- Ashfaq Yusufzai (April 1). Blood Feuds Trap Girls in 'Compensation Marriages'. Inter Press Service. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
- Swara---A Bridge over troubled waters.. Ethnomedia. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
- Virtual Slavery: The Practice of "Compensation Marriages". United Nations Population Fund. Retrieved on 2008-06-05. (Microsoft Word document)