Forced Marriage
This is a marriage that takes place without the consent of one or both people in the marriage. Consent means that you have given your full, free, and informed agreement to marry your intended spouse and to the timing of the marriage. Forced marriage may occur when family members or others use physical or emotional abuse, threats, or deception to force you to marry without your consent.
Although some Indigenous communities still practice arranged marriages, forced marriage is considered illegal and not acceptable.
Kʼicheʼ
Are wa' ri jun k'ulanem ri kk'ulmatajik aretaq man uyaom ta utzij jun chke yey ekieb' ne' ri man xta'ta chke we kkaj ke' k'ule'k. A yaom a tzij aretaq atukel kya' ri a tzij, chi are la' xpe pa awanima', atukel aweta'm jachin ruk' kat k'ule' wi xuquje jachike q'ij kix k'ule'k. Ri k'ulanem ri xa ch'ijom kkulmatajik aretaq ri alaxik yey nikiaj winaq chik kki koj ch'ayenik yey nim taq yaj, xi'n ib' yey sub'unik rech ktaqchi'x jun kk'ule'k areataq man ayaom ta a tzij.
Pune ta nik'iaj comontiox k'a kki ya' nim uq'ij ri suk'uman k'ulanem. Ch'ijom K'ulanem man k'o ta pa ri ub'eal ri taqanel tzij xuquje' man utz taj.