Ameena case

Ameena case is 1991 case of selling of 10 year young girl Ammena of Hyderabad, India to a person from Saudi Arabia. The child bride was rescued on August 10, 1991 by the air hostess Amrita Ahluwalia when the former was being taken to Saudi Arabia. Later it was found Badruddin and his wife Sabira Begum had sold their 10-year-old daughter Ameena into marriage for a reported $240 to a 60-year-old Saudi Arabian. The case unearthed bride shopping in Hyderabad by persons from middle east and raised a lot of attention at that time.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

References

1. Edward A. Gargan (1991-10-21). "Tearful Bride, Just 10, Touches India's Conscience". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
2. J. S. Ifthekhar (2013-03-07). "The Marriage Trap". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
3. "Rescued child bride set to start a new life". Rediff.com. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
4. "Protest marriages with oldies: Ameena". Times of India. 1 June 2004. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
5. Rajan, Rajeswari Sunder (2003). The scandal of the state women, law, citizenship in postcolonial India. Durham: Duke University Press. p. 41. ISBN 9780822384830.
6. Abraham, edited by Taisha (2002). Women and the politics of violence. New Delhi: Shakti Books. p. 45. ISBN 9788124108475.
7. Sudhir (2 March 2013). "How brave Nusrat survived India's dark 'bride market'". Firstpost. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
8. "An ambivalent relationship". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
9. G.S. RADHAKRISHNA (23 October 2011). "Arab bride for fortnight - Sheikhs look for child partners for fixed term in Hyderabad". The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
10. G Vijayalakshmi (21 April 2014). "61-year-old Omani national held in Hyderabad for marrying 2 minors". DNA India. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
11. "AP Wakf Board to check marriages with foreigners". 15 October 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.

Bibliography

• Abraham, Taisha (2002). "3. The Ameena Case (by Rajeshwari Sundar Ranjan)". Women and the Politics of Violence. Har-Anand Publications. pp. 45–75. ISBN 978-81-241-0847-5.
• Collective,, The Feminist Review (2005). "2. To Whom Does Ameena Belong?". Debating Discourses, Practising Feminisms: Feminist Review. Routledge. pp. 25–56. ISBN 978-1-134-71887-0.