The criminalisation of forced marriage one year on

Today marks exactly one year since Forced Marriage was criminalised under the Anti-Social behaviour, Crime and Policing Act  2014. We remember campaigning for this change despite opposition stating that legislation would not make a difference. Recently we saw the...

Is speaking English really that important?

The Government is planning to introduce stricter rules for immigrants coming from outside the UK, who will be forced to learn English if they want to stay in this country. A heated debate has arisen on whether this is in the genuine interest of society or is just a...

The truth about burn out

Sharan founder Polly and I met about four years ago, working on the National Domestic Violence Helpline in central London. I’ll always remember going for dinner with Polly one evening – I’d just been offered a new job and was in negotiations around the kind of...

The Portrayal of Women in Music Videos

We firmly believe that violence against women and girls does not happen because men are naturally evil but is the result of a culture that does not value women and considers them inferior human beings. Media play an important role in reinforcing such culture by...