Sex Selective Abortion and Honour Based Violence
Over the last few months, the topic of sex selective abortion has become an increasingly worrying issue for campaigners, providers and policy-makers alike. On 23rd February 2015, MPs will vote […]
Honour-Based Violence
Charities and Survivor Engagement
It’s hard work running a charity. Not only do you have to make sure that day-to-day operations run with maximum impact on a shoestring budget to fully support those in […]
Scottish Sunday Mail, November 30 2014
This is the transcript of an article by journalist Jenny Morrison featuring the most in-depth interview about my experiences that I’ve done to date. It took me a while to […]
BBC Asian Network: Honour Abuse, Forced Marriage and Estrangement
[display_podcast] Here is my discussion with Nihal on the BBC Asian Network, where I talk about how I escaped from abuse and came to be estranged from almost my entire […]
Protected: Dance of Honour
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Forced Marriage Finally Recognised as a Crime
A couple of weeks ago, I appeared in The Telegraph’s Stella Magazine following the recent passing of legislation criminalising forced marriage in England and Wales. I’m incredibly pleased that victims are […]
Islam and Honour Abuse
Over the last year, I’m delighted to have made some great strides mental health-wise in continuing to heal from some pretty painful life experiences. I’ve become stronger in my purpose […]
Eid Mubarak
So it’s Eid today. For years before now, it’s been a day of heartbreak for me. It used to be the one time in the year when everyone in the […]
Life After Honour Abuse
Some months ago, I wrote this post sharing the fact that I have experienced honour abuse. I was told in no uncertain terms by relatives that legal action would be […]
It’s Not My Shame
Whew, so here we go: I am a survivor of honour abuse. Only those who have been through it can understand what it’s taken me to write that sentence in […]