Enforcing the Human Rights of Girls

‘Bride kidnapping, also known as marriage by abduction or marriage bycapture, is a practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes tomarry. Bride kidnapping has been practiced around the world andthroughout history. It continues to occur in countries in Central Asia,Caucasus region, and parts of Africa, and among peoples as diverseas the Hmong in Southeast Asia, the Tzeltal in Mexico, Despite itsillegality, in many primarily rural areas, bride kidnapping, known as alakachuu (to take and flee), is an accepted, common way of taking a wife.Approximately half of all Kyrgyz marriages include bride kidnapping ofthose kidnappings, two thirds are non-consensual. Research by NGO’sgive estimates from a low of 40% to between 68 and 75 percent of allmarriages in Kyrgyzstan involved bride kidnapping’. Wikipedia.