War‑driven marriages as survival strategy

Conflict and economic collapse can transform marriage from a social institution into a short-term survival tactic, with families arranging teenage marriages to secure food, shelter or protection. First-person testimony and film imagery make visible how macro geopolitical shocks reconfigure private life and gender relations. — Recognizing marriage-as-survival reframes humanitarian aid, refugee policy and gender‑based-violence interventions to address household coping strategies, not only individual rights.