Jasvinder Sanghera
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Jasvinder Sanghera is an activist and advocate
for women's rights who was born in Derby. She is the co-founder of Karma Nirvana, a community-based project where several refuge centres across the United Kingdom serve as safe-housing for South Asian women fleeing forced marriage
s. When faced with the prospect of a forced marriage herself, she ran away from home, and she tells her story in her novel Shame, published by Hodder and Stoughton and those of other British victims in her second novel Daughters of Shame.
Sanghera's debut novel, Shame, is one where anecdotes are drawn from her own personal experiences where, when she was fourteen, was shown a photo of the man chosen to be her husband. She depicts a harrowing tale of violence, abuse and ostracism but ultimately, triumph over adversity. She appeared on The Jeremy Kyle Show
in 2008 to discuss her experiences on the topic of forced marriages and she is now in her 40s, happily married and with three children, Lisa, Maria and Joshua. Due to her experiences with the stringent laws enforced upon daughters growing up, she ensures her own daughters have enough freedom and restrictions are not superfluous and thus allows them to date, experiment and find their own husbands.
Advocate
An advocate is a term for a professional lawyer used in several different legal systems. These include Scotland, South Africa, India, Scandinavian jurisdictions, Israel, and the British Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man...
for women's rights who was born in Derby. She is the co-founder of Karma Nirvana, a community-based project where several refuge centres across the United Kingdom serve as safe-housing for South Asian women fleeing forced marriage
Forced marriage
Forced marriage is a term used to describe a marriage in which one or both of the parties is married without his or her consent or against his or her will...
s. When faced with the prospect of a forced marriage herself, she ran away from home, and she tells her story in her novel Shame, published by Hodder and Stoughton and those of other British victims in her second novel Daughters of Shame.
Sanghera's debut novel, Shame, is one where anecdotes are drawn from her own personal experiences where, when she was fourteen, was shown a photo of the man chosen to be her husband. She depicts a harrowing tale of violence, abuse and ostracism but ultimately, triumph over adversity. She appeared on The Jeremy Kyle Show
The Jeremy Kyle Show
The Jeremy Kyle Show is an award-winning British daytime television tabloid talk show presented by Jeremy Kyle that has been broadcast on ITV since 4 July 2005. The show is recorded and produced by Granada Television at the Granada Studios on Quay Street in Manchester city centre and broadcast each...
in 2008 to discuss her experiences on the topic of forced marriages and she is now in her 40s, happily married and with three children, Lisa, Maria and Joshua. Due to her experiences with the stringent laws enforced upon daughters growing up, she ensures her own daughters have enough freedom and restrictions are not superfluous and thus allows them to date, experiment and find their own husbands.
Publications
- Shame (25 Jan 2007)
- Daughters of Shame (6 Aug 2009)