Forced marriage
Forced marriage and bride kidnapping are problems with which women and girls are confronted in Kazakhstan, although their exact prevalence is not known. In Kazakhstan, bride kidnapping ("alyp qashu") is divided into non-consensual and consensual abductions, "kelisimsiz alyp qashu" ("to take and run without agreement") and "kelissimmen alyp qashu" ("to take and run with agreement"), respectively. Some kidnappers are motivated by the wish to avoid paying a bride price.