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AFP calls on schools to help protect children vulnerable to forced marriage

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As students prepare to head back to school for the new year, the AFP is calling on educators to be a frontline of defence in detecting warning signs from children who may be forced into marriage. Reports of forced marriages has risen by more than 30 per cent in the last financial year.
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