Forced Marriage: The police told Neda Barzegar that "it's your culture" Fuuse Forum.

Описание: Neda Barzegar at Fuuse Forum: My Body, My Rights – Forced Marriage. Neda Barzegar

At the age of 18, Neda was forced to run away from home with her two younger sisters, then aged 11 and 16. Her 16 year old sister was going to be forced to marry a much older man. She had little support from the police whom she contacted. Due to those experiences she has shared her story with politicians, the UK Forced Marriage Commission, the BBC and Huffington Post in order to raise the profile of these crimes. For Neda, the hardest challenge she faced was the idea of having brought “shame” to the family and the isolation from the community. However, after years of hard work and struggle, Neda and her sisters have become independent women pursuing their own ambitions. Neda herself has recently finished a PhD and is currently working as a junior surgeon. She spearheads IKWRO’s “Right to Know” campaign which calls on the government to educate young people in schools about “honour” based violence, forced marriage and FGM.

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