Insight for Sunday 19 October 2014
Syerina Syahrin, a Muslim Malayasian student studying at Victoria University (RNZ / Diego Opatowski)
Forced and underage marriage, family violence and female genital mutilation.
When is it culture and when is it a crime? Does this country have the laws to deal with these issues and is any extra legislation needed?
Insight joins with Lynda Chanwai-Earle from Voices, Radio New Zealand’s programme promoting greater understanding of NZ’s ethnic minorities, to gauge what needs to be done, if anything, to protect women and children.