Примеры использования Bride theft на Английском языке и их переводы на Русский язык
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The incidence of bride theft appeared to be increasing, yet victims tended not to report it.
Some sources state that the practicewas originally a form of elopement, not a bride theft.
The changes in the Government's approach to bride theft and moves to tackle the issue date to 2011.
Every year, bride theft destroys the lives of many girls, stolen and compelled to marry against their will.
Ms. Isakunova(Kyrgyzstan) said that early marriage and bride theft were clearly interrelated.
Information on forcible bride theft and the measures being taken to prevent it is given in Article 5.
Ms. Schöpp-Schilling asked whether any research had been done into the causes of the increase in bride theft.
Ms. Khan said that traditional practices such as bride theft and polygamy could not be regarded as part of culture.
Bride theft was a serious violation of human rights but was the foundation for 51 per cent of all marriages, according to NGO sources.
It had been indicated that very few cases of bride theft were prosecuted, because parents concealed the facts.
Cooperation with other Muslim countries was envisaged in the current strategy to eliminate bride theft. .
The data on polygamy and bride theft in the second periodic report related to cases that had been heard before a court.
The Chairperson, speaking in her personal capacity, said that she would like to hear more about the attitude of the authorities towards the customary practice of"bride theft.
With regard to bride theft, efforts were being made to identify the reasons for the recent increase in the number of cases.
In addition, various information campaigns were being carried out; for example, in 2004 the theme of the"16 Days of Activism" had been"Bride theft-- it's not a tradition, it's a crime.
Although the Constitution andsharia law outlawed bride theft, the majority of citizens lived in accordance with their own interpretation of Islam.
She wished to know whether any court cases had been filed to redress such crimes andwhether the Government was organizing campaigns in order to change attitudes to bride theft.
With regard to the apparent tolerance of the custom of"bride theft", abduction of women and forced marriage, the State condemned the practice as an outdated custom.
Bride theft had been said to be related to poverty situations, but men who married and impregnated underage women were exacerbating poverty in certain population groups.
Ms. Isakunova(Kyrgyzstan) said that the problem of bride theft was acknowledged at the national level and efforts were being made to eradicate the practice.
Although forcing a woman to marry is recognised as a punishable criminal offence, nevertheless, in actual fact both society andthe State adopt a fairly liberal stance toward bride theft.
Research on the increase in bride theft had been carried out by NGOs, experts and State institutions, including the judiciary, the Ombudsman and law enforcement agencies.
Ms. Dairiam said a number of issues of great concern to the Committee arose in the context of article 16,including underage marriage, bride theft and the rate of abortions among adolescents.
Ms. Gabr said that bride theft was prohibited under sharia law; therefore, Kyrgyzstan, as a predominantly Muslim country, must make greater efforts to eliminate the practice.
She suggested that the Kyrgyz Government might wish to identify communities orregions in which the practices of underage marriage or bride theft were prevalent, and then target them.
Bride theft, which proceeded by way of abduction and rape, was a violation of women's rights under article 6 of the Convention, while polygamy violated women's equal right to enter into marriage.
She also requested information about the budget allocated to addressing domestic violence and bride theft, since implementation of the legislation in those areas was extremely poor.
Efforts were being made to address that problem, for example by promoting leisure activities for young people andhelping youth organizations to raise awareness of the fact that bride theft was a criminal offence.
As far as discriminatory traditions and customs are concerned,customs such as bride theft and polygamy existed de facto and continue to do so today without being subject to any serious legal prosecution.
A number of independent sources referred to a reassertion of traditional attitudes towards women in Kyrgyzstan,as demonstrated by the incidence of polygamy, bride theft and forced early marriage.