Insight (1995)
Arranged Marriage
TV-G
2013 • E14 May 20, 2013 60mArranged and forced marriages are part of life in Australia.
Matten Olumee says he’s the best person to choose his sons’ future wives. The Afghan Australian says it makes perfect sense: he’s guided his sons through their lives and he’d be the better judge of character of their prospective spouses.
Matten is just one of many Australians keeping the arranged marriage tradition alive. In some cases, their children are happily allowing their spouses to be chosen for them. Other people, however, are agreeing to the marriages because of family pressure. And some marriages aren’t just 'arranged’. They’re forced.
Earlier this year, the Federal Government brought in new laws to prevent forced marriages, after a number of cases of young Australian women being pressured to wed or forced to marry abroad.
This week Insight brings you a repeat of this program originally screened in March last year. The program looks at the grey area between arranged and forced marriages, and where Australian laws might clash with cultural traditions.
Matten Olumee says he’s the best person to choose his sons’ future wives. The Afghan Australian says it makes perfect sense: he’s guided his sons through their lives and he’d be the better judge of character of their prospective spouses.
Matten is just one of many Australians keeping the arranged marriage tradition alive. In some cases, their children are happily allowing their spouses to be chosen for them. Other people, however, are agreeing to the marriages because of family pressure. And some marriages aren’t just 'arranged’. They’re forced.
Earlier this year, the Federal Government brought in new laws to prevent forced marriages, after a number of cases of young Australian women being pressured to wed or forced to marry abroad.
This week Insight brings you a repeat of this program originally screened in March last year. The program looks at the grey area between arranged and forced marriages, and where Australian laws might clash with cultural traditions.