Tag: forced marriage

  • Get to Know the Team: Helen

    My name is Helen McCabe, and I am an Associate Professor of Political Theory at the University of Nottingham, where I also lead the work on forced marriage at the Rights Lab. I first started researching forced marriage in 2017, as a result of the International Labour Organisation and Walk Free including forced marriage in…

  • Batman and Wife: How to Close Read a Comic

    DC Special Series Vol 1 #15 June, 1978 Source: Batman Reddit Before you begin reading this blog, you may want to take a look at Hannah’s excellent post on this Batman narrative, which explores the legality of the situation that Batman has found himself in. It’s fascinating and enjoyable, and it even includes the law of the…

  • Even Superheroes 

    I have a confession to make: ‘The Killing Joke’ is the only Batman story I have ever read, until now. And the only reason I read another one is because I came across a Reddit post entitled ‘Remember when Batman was forced to marry Thalia and?’ Don’t judge me.  If you are as unfamiliar with…

  • “I do – not”: An Introduction to Forced Marriage 

    Forced marriage is a global problem that does not pass by the UK. The International Labour Organisation (ILO), Walk Free and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) estimated that, worldwide, at least 22 million people lived in forced marriages in 2021. In 2022, around 300 people asked the UK’s Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) for advice…