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.
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:
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. 

