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I came to Canada as a teenage bride in an abusive arranged marriage

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March 8, 2020

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Samra Zafar arrived in Canada as a teenage bride and was trapped in an abusive marriage for a decade before leaving with her two children. She speaks about the challenges new immigrant women face when trying to escape intimate-partner violence — before it turns deadly.

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