New legislative proposal against Marital Captivity

By virtue of Pauline Kruiniger's NWO research project Marital Captivity: Bridging the gap between religion and law’ conducted at Maastricht University, a new legislative proposal has been adopted.

 Watch the short documentary 'Trapped in a Marriage' by Benedicta Deogratias that follows the story of a woman who for years is trapped in her marriage and is not able to divorce.

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