A 15-year-old girl sued her parents in court to escape an arranged marriage in Pakistan, showing Australia is not doing enough to stop the practice.

The Sydney girl, known only as Ayesha, used Legal Aid to divorce her parents after Family and Community Services refused to take her in.

It is the first time a child has made 'their own application to successfully become a ward of the court' and prompted a crisis meeting among government agencies.

Ayesha moved to Australia to live with her mother and sister, but on a trip back to Pakistan her mother pressured her to marry, according to the Daily Telegraph.

Ayesha, 15, sued her parents in the NSW Supreme Court to escape an arranged marriage in Pakistan, becoming a ward of the court (stock image)

When she refused, her mother beat her, stole her passport and returned to Australia, leaving the child stranded in Pakistan.

Legal Aid said Ayesha was 'assisted to return to Australia' where it then helped 'obtain orders' to stop her being taken out of Australia to be married.

After FACS declined to help, Legal Aid helped her divorce her parents in the NSW Supreme Court in March 2015 and become a ward of the court.

FACS then applied in the NSW Children's Court to take her into care.

NSW Family and Community Services Minister Brad Hazzard said the teenager was a 'hero' who showed others how to rally against 'darkness'.

'This girl’s courage was a shining light which will send a clear message to other kids (that) you can stand up to the despicable old ways of forced marriage,' he said.

It is the first time a child has made 'their own application to successfully become a ward of the court' and prompted a crisis meeting among government agencies

The government was so horrified that a young girl had to sue her parents to escape forced marriage because Australian rescue responses were so ineffective.

Australian Federal Police, the Immigration Department and child protection agencies are now holding high-level talks on how to 'improve responses', citing her case and others.

It was also raised at a November 11 meeting of Australian community services ministers.

Ayesha later decided to return to Pakistan to live with her father, after an agreement was reached in the Children's Court, but wants to go to university in Australia.