*TRIGGER WARNING* ‘At the age of 16 I was forced into marriage. I was held at gunpoint by my uncle, who threatened me into marrying his son’

Fozia Rashid, an activist shares her heart-wrenching story of surviving a forced marriage, with her advise to the survivors, she also an ambassador at Karma Nirvana which are committed to ending Honour Based Abuse in the UK.

She also shared how the complex socio-cultural situation can make it very difficult for these women in these situation to escape horrific situations of domestic and s*xual abuse.

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