Jasvinder Sanghera

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Jasvinder Sanghera

CBE
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Sanghera (left) in 2016
Born
Jasvinder Kaur

1965 (age 55–56)
Derby, England
OccupationAuthor
Known forCampaigning against forced marriages and abuse.

Jasvinder Sanghera, CBE (born Derby, England September 1965)[2][3] is a British author, campaigner against forced marriages and abuse.

Biography[]

Her memoir Shame was a Times Top 10 Bestseller and described in the House of Lords as a "political weapon". She is widely recognised for publicising the problem of forced marriage. The then Prime Minister, David Cameron, said her work "turned my head on the issue of forced marriage". Her work is recognised as a contributory factor to the creation of a specific UK forced-marriage criminal offence in 2014.

Jasvinder is an expert adviser to the courts in matters of child, civil and criminal proceedings and has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Woman of the Year 2007. She was made an Honorary Doctor of the University of Derby in 2008. She was awarded The Pride of Britain Award in 2009 and was named Cosmopolitan Ultimate Woman of the Year in 2010. In 2011, she was listed in the Guardian’s top 100 Most Inspirational Women in the World and in 2012 received the Global Punjabi Award. She was awarded Commander of the British Empire in 2013 in recognition of her outstanding contribution for the victims of forced marriage and honour-based abuse and in 2014 was awarded Legal Campaigner of the Year. Jasvinder is also listed as an entry in the 2016 edition of the book Who’s Who and in the same year received the International Woman Award for human rights from the Italian media. In 2018 she was awarded Honorary Doctor of Law by De Montfort University, Leicester and Woman of the Year by Leeds City Council and in 2019 she was awarded the Robert Burns Humanitarian of the Year Award and also the Sikh Woman of Substance Award.

Publications[]

  1. Shame ISBN 978-0340924600 (25 January 2007)
  2. Daughters of Shame ISBN 978-0340997826 (6 August 2009)
  3. Shame Travels (2011)

References[]

  1. ^ "Jasvinder Sanghera". Desert Island Discs. 24 March 2013. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. ^ Sanghra, Jasvinder (2011). Shame Travels. Timeline of Jasvinder's life. ISBN 9781444729818.
  3. ^ "Jasvinder Sanghera - Doctor of the University". University of Derby. Retrieved 5 April 2014.

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