Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Honour-Based Abuse

Like forced marriage and killings. I briefly watched a discussion that was aired on the BBC this evening. In it one Jasvinder Sangheera of Karma Nirvana told how she had ran away from home to escape forced matrimony. Here's a clip from The Guardian about this.

1 comment:

akagugo said...

Deeply disturbing clip, to say the least. Because I was labouring under the impression that the Indians who dared to migrate to western countries were also fleeing the weight of traditions, especially those which were gender-specific...