India's Slave Brides |101 East | भारत का दास दुल्हन

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Published 2016-11-16
101 East investigates how every year, tens of thousands of girls and women in India are trafficked into slave marriages.
10 Nov 2016 23:05 GMT International Women's Day, India, Human trafficking, slavery
Decades of sex selection favouring male babies have left some Indian states with vastly more men than women, creating a lucrative and growing market for traffickers.

In the patriarchal and feudal state of Haryana where there's a shortage of women to marry, it's normal for men to buy young girls trafficked from other states.

Known as "paros", a term implying they can be purchased, they are regularly raped, forced into marriages and made to work as bonded labour.

Their uneducated families are often tricked into agreeing to send them away, lured by the idea of a happy marriage for their daughters. But tragically, there is no "happily ever after".

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All Comments (21)
  • @cucumber623
    dont these "men" realise that if it wasnt for women they wouldnt be alive, this men are valued more culture blows my mind
  • @franklantic
    My Punjabi Dad, almost 60, still believes women must only stay home and fetch for their husbands whatever they desire. And he works during the day so he has the mindset that he deserves being treated like a king at the end of a very tough day. This concept he was taught by his father and he passed on to his sons. But not me. Absolutely not.
  • I'm an Indian and it's really heartbreaking to know that this side of india exists. Nothing I can do to them as I'm too young but I really want to make them feel loved and protect them😕
  • @melovesmusic11
    Teach your sons how to treat women and this will change everything!
  • @serenaDM
    the saddest thing was when sanjida said her father found her after 4 years and tried to take her back but as she was pregnant she couldn't return...so he stayed close by for 2 months to make sure they treated her well. The emotion in her voice when she talked about that broke my heart :(
  • @orcas1986
    How can family members not accepting the victims after they were rescued?! We are human, not animals!! We know how to love and care for each other especially family members! Unbelievable!!
  • My heart goes out to these unfortunate naive children who are trapped by the montrous traffickers..their parents are already poverty stricken and on top of that their children are stolen from them which aggravates their miseries..the plight of these young girls greatly depresses me..we have so much comfort and safety and yet we are always complaining rather than being grateful for whatever we have...It is in these remote parts of rural India that real development should take place...Getting detached from parents and that too at such a tender age is unbearable...what these girls go through can hardly be expressed in words.. How can human beings be so barbaric that they are selling off children..and what kind of mentality do these depraved buyers have? Women are to be respected and not seen as a commodity which can be bought and sold on a whim... Proper education and awareness can make them more alert and self-dependent...but these steps are easier said than done...we lack collective action to ward off such adversities...
  • @renatoyutub
    Instead of requiring to play the national anthem in movie theaters India should play videos about equal rights and talk about discrimination and castes , not just in movies but in the tv also, media has a very strong influence on society
  • @xaynlaa5947
    This make me realise that how much blessed we are 😔
  • @childearth4039
    Dear Al Jazeera ever looked at your own slavery of women ? Should you not get rid of it first ?
  • @brigetyoung9376
    Shame on the families who don’t take their daughters back after being trafficked.
  • @JoeGatz1
    This is the first time i have seen a documentary that showed Indian police actually doing something about these dark age issues plaguing India
  • @vickilynn3760
    Thank you for all the hard work you do to recover these young girls. May the blessings of God be upon you forever.
  • @janaydaniel3725
    This video made me a lot more appreciative and grateful for my life. The good AND the bad things tbh...
  • @Janani301095
    An Indian rural family to accept the rescued victim girl is really rare. Good thing that the grandma accepted her grand daughter
  • My heart just breaks for these women and children. India is where feminism needs to be fought for. Sick belief system.
  • I remember my grandma once told me that she was sold to my grandpa as she was 13 years old. It was kind of cultural shock to me. I thought such things happened back in the days when india got devided. Cant believe it still happens.
  • @usmanulhaq9280
    Yet India is concerned about Afghani women rights...😂 Irony...