Mandy Sanghera is an international human rights activist. Since 1990, she has been supporting victims and survivors of honour-based violence and cultural abuse such as female genital mutilation, forced marriages,[1] faith-based abuse, and witchcraft.[2][3]
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Activism and humanitarian work edit
As a human rights activist, Sanghera has worked in various areas focusing on cultural abuse and crimes.[4][5] She has been involved in documentaries on themes such as witchcraft, forced marriages, incest, female genital mutilation, and “honour” killings.[6][7][8]
Sanghera was involved in writing the guidelines on disability and HBV[clarification needed] for the Forced Marriages Unit. Until 2018, she worked with the European Parliament on forced marriages, preparing a report based on the information from the 28 European Union Member States and the selected associated countries, and will be involved in the Goddard Child Abuse Inquiry.[6] Sanghera is an ambassador and adviser for several charities and social groups such as Psychreg,[9] and has supported over 200 disabled adults who have been forced into marriage.[10] She was one of a panel of speakers at the United States House of Representatives and spoke about honour-based violence and cultural abuse.[11] Sanghera was on the team that worked on the "My Marriage My Choice" project at the University of Nottingham.[12]
References edit
- ^ "Stories". Mencap. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ Charles Williams (2015-09-30), Mandy Sanghera interview Central News West, retrieved 2016-08-13
- ^ Eccleston, Ben (20 June 2016). "Female genital mutilation cases on the rise in Coventry and Warwickshire". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ Abbass, Rudabah (31 December 2012). "'Halal' interfaith unions rise among UK women". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ Khan, Yasminara (10 June 2015). "Why are there so few forced marriage prosecutions?". BBC News. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Mandy Sanghera Women of honour recognition recipient Divas of colour 2016. – MBW PR". www.mbwpr.com. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ Lillington, Catherine (6 April 2016). "Pride of Coventry and Warwickshire: Mandy helps victims of honour violence and witchcraft". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ Lakhani, Nina (26 July 2008). "Disabled youngsters forced into marriage to provide passports". Independent. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Meet the Team". Psychreg. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ Ryan, Frances (2012-07-31). "Forced marriage blights the lives of scores of learning disabled people". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ Tamang, Terisa (2017-11-25). "Mandy Sanghera is at the US House of Representatives, Washington, DC". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
- ^ "About the Team - The University of Nottingham". www.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-07.