Tvångsäktenskap : En kvalitativ studie om skolkuratorers tillvägagångsätt för att identifiera, stödja och skydda elever som blir eller riskerar att bli utsatta för tvångsäktenskap

Sammanfattning: The aim of this study was to research school counselor’s ways to identify, endorse andprotect students who are at risk to being or is a victim of forced marriage. To fulfill theaim of the study I have interviewed five -school counselor’s through semi- structuredinterviewing about their experiences with students and forced marriage. In this studypower is the theoretical concept which helped analyze the data. The perspectives onpower that this study brings up are suppressive and productive power relations. Theresults of this study are divided into seven categories which I name: To identify studentswho risk being or is a victim of forced marriage, to endorse students who risk being oris a victim of forced marriage, to protect students who risk being or is a victim of forcedmarriage, forced marriage and honor, forced marriage and social rank, forcedmarriage and religion and lastly forced marriage and family. The results of this studyshow that school counselor’s can identify students who is a victim of forced marriageby recognizing the students well being, if the student willingly tells the school counselorthat the student is scared to be forced to marry, if a student is restricted from dressinghow the student pleases or if the student is being controlled by a family member. Toendorse the students the school counselor’s call social services for advice, speak to thestudent’s family members and build a trustworthy relationship with the student. Toprotect the students who are a victim of forced marriage the school counselor’s callsocial services so that social services can take the student away from its home. Oneschool counselor claimed that they together with the student planned to put a metalspoon in the students suitcase, in case the student would be taken outside the country byforce so that the student can’t pass the security guard. The results of this study alsoshow that the school counselor’s had different understandings on why forced marriageis being carried on such as honor reasons, rank reasons, religious reasons or familyreasons.