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Resources for this episode

Anti-Slavery, “What is Modern Slavery?” https://www.antislavery.org/slavery-today/modern-slavery/

BBC, “Who is Ghislaine Maxwell? The story of her downfall.” 28 June 2022. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59733623 

Laura Briggs, “The Danger of Forced Pregnancy.” Bill of Health, 9 May 2022. https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2022/05/09/the-danger-of-forced-pregnancy/ 

End Slavery Now, “Forced Marriage.”  http://www.endslaverynow.org/learn/slavery-today/forced-marriage 

Equality Now, “Forced Pregnancy.” https://www.equalitynow.org/forced_pregnancy/ 

Wilda C. Gafney, “Hagar.” Bible Odyssey. https://www.bibleodyssey.org/people/main-articles/hagar/ 

Wilda C. Gafney, Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne. Westminster John Knox Press, 2017.

Chris Harris, “'Cruel and Punitive': Allison Mack Allegedly Told Nxivm Women 'They Were Worth Nothing,' Report Says.” People, 21 May 2018. https://people.com/crime/allison-mack-nxivm-sex-trafficking-charges-allegedly-cruel-punitive/ 

International Labour Organization. “50 Million People Worldwide in Modern Slavery.” ILO, 12 September 2022. https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_855019/lang--en/index.htm 

James C. Okoye, “Sarah and Hagar: Genesis 16 and 21.” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 32, no. 2 (2007): 163–75.

Susan Pigott, “Hagar: The M/Other patriarch.” Review and Expositer 115, no. 4 (2018): 513–28.

World Council of Churches, “Thursdays in Black.” https://www.oikoumene.org/what-we-do/thursdays-in-black#inspiration 

Missing podcast https://linktr.ee/MissingCSM  

Support Services

Australian Red Cross  https://www.redcross.org.au/migration/forced-marriage/

Forced marriage support services (UK) https://reportandsupport.qmul.ac.uk/support/what-support-is-available-for-forced-marriage

Victim Support (UK) https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/you-co/types-crime/abusive-relationships/forced-marriage/ 

Supportline (UK) https://www.supportline.org.uk/problems/forced-marriages/ 

Tahiri Justice Center (USA) https://preventforcedmarriage.org/get-help/

Sakhi (for South Asian women, USA) https://sakhi.org/forced-marriage/ 

Shakti (New Zealand) https://shaktiinternational.org/contact-us/; tel: 0800SHAKTI (0800742584)

Annuity.org – financial abuse resource https://www.annuity.org/financial-literacy/financial-abuse/