Indira, Rajastan, India Painting

Indira, Rajasthan, India Indira was forced into marriage with a 38 year old man when she was 15. The practice of forced marriage, (not to be confused with arranged marriage) is widely spread in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Approximately 15 million woman live in forced marriages under conditions that meets all the conditions to be defined as slavery. In India, woman are considered to be of so little value that when a girl gets married, the girls father has to pay a dowry to the family that takes the girl as wife for their son. For poor families, this is a heavy burden. But the younger the girl, the cheaper the dowry, therefore very poor families often see themselves forced to marry their daughter at very young age, even ‘promise’ them as a baby. Sometimes, they simply give them away if somebody comes along that offers to take them ‘for free’. In that last case, the girl is usually taken away to be sold for prostitution or any kind of labour. Once married, the girl is exposed to forced sex, pregnancy, motherhood, and domestic or other labour and is often treated bad. Being considered possession of their husbands and his family, they have no realistic possibility to escape. Looks are changed to protect Indira’s privacy. Any similarity with an existing person is coincidental.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:35.4 W x 43.3 H x 0.8 D in

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