Why we should focus on kindness beyond this week. Embed from Getty Images The theme for Mental Health Awareness Week 2020 is kindness. Kindness is a concept that everyone knows, but it is often hard to remember to be kind and why it is important to do so. This has been particularly important during the …
Hope for the Hopeless: The Lasting Effects of Forced Marriage
Stripped of hope and choice the lasting impact of forced marriages shreds the mind and body of its victims, creating a gradient effect onto their offspring. Embed from Getty Images Sexually transmitted diseases, violence (both physical and sexual), psychological torment, loss of freedom, and fear along with so many other disastrous effects encompass just some …
Honour-based crimes and why they are incompatible with Islam
Honour-based crimes have come to be associated with Islam. The term ‘honour’ refers to the belief that a daughter or wife has brought shame upon the family and surrounding community by committing an “immoral” behaviour. The horrific nature of this crime still garners much attention from the media -the latest being the murder of a 16-year …
‘Masculinity so fragile a woman only needs to breathe to hurt it’: The killing of Qandeel Baloch
“As a women (sic) we must stand up for ourselves. As a women we must stand up for each other … As a women we must stand up for justice. I believe that I am a modern day feminist. I believe in equality. I need not to choose what type of women should be. I …
Forced Marriage: what you need to know
When I first heard the words ‘forced marriage’ I thought this was an extraneous issue in our time, like a myth or a legend, an old tradition practiced in some ancient society. The reality I faced afterwards was far different. Forced marriages are neither fiction nor old. They are real and they are still deeply …
“I look back on this time, and I feel devastated that I did this for ‘honour’…
July was an eventful month, with JAN Trust attending a number of high profile events as well as maintaining a presence in the media, including a story of our work with a perpetrator and her eventual reformation. This was featured in the Evening Standard, she is repentant over her actions stating “I look back on this …
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The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) in its recent annual report stated, “At least 943 women were killed in the name of honour in the country, of which 93 were minors.” While, reliable worldwide estimates of honour killing incidences do not exist, a UN study in 2000 suggested there were as many as 5,000 …