Mandy Sanghera Explained

Mandy Sanghera
Occupation:Human rights activist

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]

Activism and humanitarian work

As a human rights activist, Sanghera has worked in various areas focusing on cultural abuse and crimes.[3] [4] She has been involved in documentaries on themes such as witchcraft, forced marriages, incest, female genital mutilation, and “honour” killings.[5] [6] [7]

Sanghera was involved in writing the guidelines on disability and 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. Sanghera is an ambassador and adviser for several charities and social groups such as Psychreg,[8] and has supported over 200 disabled adults who have been forced into marriage.[9] She was one of a panel of speakers at the United States House of Representatives and spoke about honour-based violence and cultural abuse.[10] Sanghera was on the team that worked on the "My Marriage My Choice" project at the University of Nottingham.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stories. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150510215110/https://www.mencap.org.uk/news/viewpoint-magazine/features/forced-marriage. 10 May 2015. 2016-08-13. Mencap.
  2. Web site: Eccleston. Ben. Female genital mutilation cases on the rise in Coventry and Warwickshire. Coventry Telegraph. 15 October 2016. 20 June 2016.
  3. Web site: Abbass. Rudabah. 'Halal' interfaith unions rise among UK women. Al Jazeera. 15 October 2016. 31 December 2012.
  4. Web site: Khan. Yasminara. Why are there so few forced marriage prosecutions?. BBC News. 15 October 2016. 10 June 2015.
  5. Web site: Mandy Sanghera Women of honour recognition recipient Divas of colour 2016. – MBW PR. www.mbwpr.com. 2016-08-13.
  6. Web site: Lillington. Catherine. Pride of Coventry and Warwickshire: Mandy helps victims of honour violence and witchcraft. Coventry Telegraph. 15 October 2016. 6 April 2016.
  7. Web site: Lakhani. Nina. Disabled youngsters forced into marriage to provide passports. Independent. 15 October 2016. 26 July 2008.
  8. Web site: Meet the Team. Psychreg. 12 April 2018.
  9. News: Forced marriage blights the lives of scores of learning disabled people. Ryan. Frances. 2012-07-31. The Guardian. en-GB. 0261-3077. 2016-08-13.
  10. Web site: Tamang. Terisa. 2017-11-25. Mandy Sanghera is at the US House of Representatives, Washington, DC.. YouTube. 2017-11-26.
  11. Web site: About the Team - The University of Nottingham. www.nottingham.ac.uk. en-GB. 2018-01-07.

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