Recently the Daily Mirror wrote a double paged article in their newspaper about our Projects Director, Sajda Mughal,and her extensive work in the community following her traumatic near death experience as a victim of terrorism from the 7/7 London tube bombings. That particular morning Sajda was on the same tube as Germaine Lindsay on the Piccadilly Line.

The article highlights how she left her City career in order to make a difference in the community.

The full article can be read here: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/only-muslim-77-bomb-survivor-1725920

Recently our Projects Director, Sajda Mughal, was quoted in the Daily Mirror with regards to the three would-be suicide bombers from Birmingham who were convicted of terrorism charges.

The Daily Mirror said the gang wanted to carry out the nation's "worst atrocity".

Sajda, the only known Muslim survivor of the 7 July bombings, told the paper: "They have a very warped interpretation of Islam." She commented how Islam is a peaceful, positive religion, and communities have to speak out if they know anything about terrorism.

Further details can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21543676

In February 2013, our Project Director, Sajda Mughal, won the prestigious Hope Not Hate Community Champion Award (with support from Daily Mirror).

Distinguished guests from the world of politics, business, sports, arts and the media gathered to celebrate the night in central London.

Sajda Mughal from JAN Trust was in the press recently discussing how talking about rape will help put a stop to sexual abuse being a ‘hidden’ issue in society today. Sajda stresses the need to raise awareness of this issue.

Press coverage included Sunrise Radio; Club Asia; Punjabi Radio and Kismet Radio.

Please click on the play button to hear the live interview with Sajda Mughal:

Recently Al Jazeera covered the issue of forced marriages and the new UK law which aims to jail parents in England and Wales who force their daughters or sons into marriages. Our Projects Director, Sajda Mughal, talks about our forced marriage work and Al Jazeera highlights our report which we have published: Consent Matters - Towards effective prevention of forced marriages within the Pakistani community in the UK.

JAN Trust carried out a consultation with 1,000 grass roots Pakistani women over 3 years. This consultation resulted in shocking findings with 85% of women stating that a forced marriage had occurred in their family and that the individuals involved were unhappy.

One of the most crucial findings from the consultation is that 77% of women said that they would not approach the police for further help if faced by or in a FM.

The piece was aired on 20th January 2013. Please click the video below to view the interview: