Rose’s Story

Rose* is a 20-year-old university student from a Pakistani family living in Hong Kong. Recently, her family took her to Pakistan for a holiday, but she found herself beaten by her dad and married to her cousin. After returning to Hong Kong, she was told she had to 'sponsor' her husband to come to Hong Kong on a dependent visa.

Dignity Institute is now assisting her to find safe shelter from her family, to leave her forced marriage and explore ways to advocate for the criminalisation of forced marriage in Hong Kong. 

*pseudonym used