CPCJ Counts 54 Early-or-Forced Marriages in the 2025 Cycle — The First Year the Caseload Carries Its Own Typology After the March 2025 Sub-18 Wedding Ban
Portugal's Comissões de Proteção de Crianças e Jovens (CPCJ) catalogued 54 cases of early or forced marriage in 2025, the first year the protection network has tracked the category as its own typology. The figure surfaced at the network's annual...