Our forced marriage research and awareness raising work was recently mentioned in The Independent Newspaper.

"The majority of professionals, grass roots community workers and victims are against criminalisation, warning it will drive a hidden problem further underground, increase the risk or retaliation and more victims will be abandoned overseas. Pointing to the fact that there has never been a prosecution since Female Genital Mutilation was outlawed in 2003, they want scarce resources targeted at education and prevention.....

Research by JAN Trust, London based women's charity, found that 85 per cent of 1,000 Pakistani women reported at least one forced marriage in their family. But, 77 per cent said that they would not seek help from this police as this would lead to a complete break with their communities, and could even lead to violent retaliation as a result of the 'shame' brought on the family."

The full article from The Independent Newspaper can be read by clicking: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/uk-forced-marriage-victims-much-younger-than-previously-thought-7608813.html

Our work on Prevent Women's Engagement has recently been covered by the BBC. 

Please click on the play button to hear a live interview with Sajda Mughal on the BBC radio talking about our work:

An article titled "Forced Marriage in the UK: hidden from view" was recently published in the media. The article was written by JAN Trust's Sajda Mughal, Project Manager and discusses forced marriages in the UK, the communities affected by the inhumane act and criminalization of forced marriages. The article can be viewed at:

http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/sajda-mughal/forced-marriage-in-uk-hidden-from-view

JAN Trust is extremely pleased to have been short listed and to have won the Community Achievement Award 2011 from the Co-operative Group.

The prestigious awards ceremony took place in Central London on 12th November 2011 and celebrated individuals, community groups, and projects that have made local neighbourhoods a brighter place to live and work in 2011.

The Co-operative Group were overwhelmed by the nominations received.

We are eternally grateful to the Group for recognising the hard work that JAN Trust delivers for disadvantaged women and youth.

Our success in this awards ceremony has been covered by a range of press.

JAN Trust was at the open day of the College of Haringey,Enfield and North East London. We exhibited our projects and services to hundreds of people who attended that day. We were also able to raise awareness of the number of issues BAME women and communities are facing.

Other exhibitors included The NHS, Barclays Bank, The Army and the British Heart Foundation.