Four Corners
Season 52 Episode 9 - Without Consent
"Without Consent", reported by Sarah Ferguson and presented by Kerry O'Brien. What happens when young, educated, Australian-born girls are forced into unwanted marriages - often with relatives overseas? Samia was just seventeen when her father announced he was taking her on a holiday overseas. But this was a holiday with a difference. Back in the family's village in rural Pakistan, Samia watched in horror as the local Imam walked in ready to conduct her marriage to her first cousin - without her consent. With pressure from her extended family, she was given papers to sign and threatened. Returning to Australia, Samia sought help from local religious authorities in Sydney - but they ignored her and told her to accept the marriage. For the first time young women, the victims of forced marriages, are speaking out - without disguise and despite the risks of backlash from their communities. Are these women entitled to the same protection as other Australian girls? The Government thinks so; in fact they are so concerned they are introducing criminal legislation to ban forced marriage. However, outspoken members of Australian migrant communities say it is their responsibility to stop the practice and the men who enforce it. It's not only women who experience force or coercion to push them into marriage. It happens to men too, often with disastrous consequences. Reporter Sarah Ferguson tells the story of one young woman who agrees to marry a man chosen by her family. What she doesn't know until after the marriage is that he married her under duress. The relationship then descends into a spiral of alcohol and violence.
Episodes in Season 52
Revolution in the Classroom
45 min
The Comeback Kid?
45 min
Syria Exposed
45 min
Given or Taken?
45 min
Closing Ranks
45 min
Dicing with Debt
45 min
Egypt: Children of the Revolution
45 min
The Fastest Changing Place on Earth
45 min
Without Consent
45 min
Happy Banking
45 min
Blood and Honour
45 min
The Killer Within
45 min
The Mormon Candidate
45 min
Judgement Day
45 min
Hard Knocks
45 min
Madeleine McCann The Last Hope
45 min
Casualties of the Boom
45 min
Smugglers Paradise
45 min
The Great Euro Crash
45 min
WikiLeaks - The Forgotten Man
45 min
Gina Rinehart - The Power Of One
45 min
Unholy Silence
45 min
The Price Of Pearls
45 min
Opium Brides
45 min
Sex, Lies And Julian Assange
45 min
A Matter Of Life And Death
45 min
Inside Mail
45 min
The Body Snatchers
45 min
Koala Crunch Time
45 min
The Autism Enigma
45 min
Crash Landing
45 min
There is No 3G in Heaven
45 min
The Hunt for Joseph Kony
45 min
Growing Up Poor
45 min
Taxing Times in Timor
45 min
The Battle for Syria
45 min
The World According to Lance
45 min
The Super Trawler
45 min
Rise of the Superbugs
45 min
Another Bloody Business
45 min
The Other Side of Jimmy Savile
45 min
