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Forced Marriage Unit
Our Forced Marriage Unit is a joint-initiative with the Home Office. We see over 1600 reportings of forced marriages a year.
Who do we help?
If you are worried you might be forced into marriage or are worried about a friend or relative see information for victims, or call us on 0207 008 0151.
Our trained professionals offer confidential advice and assistance to:
- those who have been forced into marriage
- those at risk of being forced into marriage
- people worried about friends or relatives
- professionals working with actual or potential victims of forced marriage.
Forced marriage multi-agency practice guidelines
The Forced Marriage Unit has published a revised set of multi-agency practice guidelines for frontline professionals (such as teachers, police officers, social and health care professionals, housing officers) to help them to work more closely together and to better identify and protect children and adults at risk of forced marriage. The revised guidelines replace the existing individual guidelines which were tailored for specific professionals and now brings these together into one document.Multi-agency practice guidelines: Handling Cases of Forced Marriage [PDF, 503KB, 105 pages]
What do we do?
Abroad, we work with embassy staff to rescue victims who may have been held captive, raped, forced into a marriage or into having an abortion.
In the UK the Forced Marriage Unit assists actual and potential victims of forced marriage, as well as professionals working in the social, educational and health sectors. See our pages on information for professionals and information for victims for more information.
Our publications
We have a number of publications that are available free of charge including leaflets, posters, statutory and practice guidelines.
Information for victims
Information and practical advice for anyone affected by forced marriage, including contact details of our specialist Forced Marriage Unit.
Information for professionals
Information for social workers, teachers, health professionals and police who may encounter cases of forced marriage.
Statutory Guidance
This statutory guidance sets out the processes that agencies must have in place when exercising public functions in relation to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults incases of forced marriage.
Domestic Programme Fund
The Domestic Programme Fund is an annual fund which aims to provide funding to partner agencies for small projects in the UK
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Contact us
Telephone: 020 7008 0151
Email: fmu@fco.gov.uk
Email for outreach work:
Useful links
- FCO Forced Marriage Unit
- British High Commission, Islamabad, Consular Services
- Information for professionals
- Home Office: Advice for victims of domestic violence
See Also
Related Documents
الموقع الإلكتروني لوزارة الخارجية بالعربية
View our Arabic website.اردوویب سائٹ
View our Urdu website.Find an Embassy
Every Child Matters
Materials on Forced Marriage