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Tackling forced marriage issues with the MET Police
The Sharan Project was recently invited by the Metropolitan Police to discuss forced marriage (FM) and honour based abuse (HBA) to highlight the challenges and barriers faced by victims and survivors across the UK. Addressing officers from specialist teams across the...
Celebrating TEN years of service!
This year marks our 10th year of supporting vulnerable women. We were delighted to mark this occasion by celebrating with our partners, supporters and ambassador at HMS President. The Sharan Project was created through the vision and dedication of our founder, Polly...
Raising awareness of forced marriages at Solihull college & university
Last year, we launched the Our Girl campaign calling for education institutions to help prevent forced marriage. The aim is to work with colleges and universities to train staff to spot the signs of forced marriage and prevent, create a student led support network,...
Our annual fundraiser
A big thank you from all of us at The Sharan Project for taking part in our annual fundraising event. The evening was a huge success on all fronts – it was a full house, our guests had great time and we raised money to continue to keep our lines open and help women in...
Our founder shortlisted for a National Diversity Award 2015
We are delighted that our founder, Polly Harrar, has been shortlisted for the UK’s largest diversity awards, which recognises some of the nation’s most inspirational and selfless people. With over 20,000 nominations and votes received this year, The National Diversity...
Our response to criminalisation of forced marriage in the UK
The Sharan Project Response to Criminalisation of Forced Marriage 8th June 2012 Today, the Government announced it is committed to criminalising forced marriage. They have already committed to criminalising the breach of a Forced Marriage Protection Order (FMPO) so...
Our interview with the New Statesman
Polly Harrar, founder of The Sharan Project talks to New Statesman about Honour Killings, multiculturalism and of course Sharan Project. Why did you set up the Sharan Project? I left home about 20 years ago. I was very young, and realised there is a huge gap for women...
BBC’s useful contacts list for crimes of honour
You can now find us on the BBC Website under the useful contacts list for Crimes of Honour. http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front_page/newsid_9706000/9706762.stm Panorama will be reporting tonight at 8.30pm on BBC1 about the thousands of honour crimes across Britain...
PM and DPM statement: Convention on Violence against Women
“By signing the Convention we would ensure that British offenders who commit their crimes abroad would still face justice in our courts.” The Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg have issued a joint statement on the Government signing the...