Mandy Sanghera | |
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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] [3]
As a human rights activist, Sanghera has worked in various areas focusing on cultural abuse and crimes. [4] [5] She has been involved in documentaries on themes such as witchcraft, forced marriages, incest, female genital mutilation, and “honour” killings. [6] [7] [8]
Sanghera was involved in writing the guidelines on disability and HBV[ clarification needed ] 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. [6] Sanghera is an ambassador and adviser for several charities and social groups such as Psychreg, [9] and has supported over 200 disabled adults who have been forced into marriage. [10] She was one of a panel of speakers at the United States House of Representatives and spoke about honour-based violence and cultural abuse. [11] Sanghera was on the team that worked on the "My Marriage My Choice" project at the University of Nottingham. [12]