'Bride kidnapping' haunts rural Kyrgyzstan, causing young women to flee their homeland
- Written by Erin Hofmann, Associate Professor, Utah State University
A protest against bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, on April 8, 2021, after a young woman abducted for marriage was found dead. Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP via Getty ImagesThere are many types of forced marriage in this world, but perhaps the most dramatic is marriage by abduction, or bride kidnapping.
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