In its country report last year, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) said it is "deeply concerned that bride kidnapping appears to be socially legitimized and surrounded by a culture of silence and impunity, and that cases of bride kidnapping remain under-reported, as they are considered a private issue that should remain within the family".
The play concerned the German bride of a British soldier who finds a mixed reception in the postwar UK.
"It's true that we, the parents, are sometimes concerned about the bride-price.
"Moon Sickness" concerns a lonely young bride, Sidora (Enrica Maria Modugno), who has been living only briefly with her new husband, Bata (Claudio Bigagli), when the first full moon of their marriage occurs.
"Moon Sickness" concerns a lonely young bride, Sidora (Enrica Maria Modugno), who has been living only briefly with her new husband Bata (Claudio Bigagli) when the first full moon of their marriage occurs.
Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert, were already concerned with finding a bride for their son and heir, Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales.
There is something inherently unsexy about wedding nights for the bride and groom concerned.
As with most things in her life, Bride is only concerned with how Booker interacts with her.
His ostensible purpose is to liberate a vast new source of thermodynamic energy, but he seems more immediately concerned with convincing his new bride (Janette Scott) that she made the right choice in picking him over his handsome young colleague and professional rival (Kieron Moore).
When she realises how little she actually knows about her lover, she says: "I never thought about that part of his life because what was important in our relationship, other than our love making and his complete understanding of me, was the fun we had". As with most things in her life, Bride is only concerned with how Booker interacts with her.
In eastern Khost province, women are concerned that the increase in bride price to one million Afs (almost $18,000) is leaving women and girls open to violence by her in laws' who resent paying.
