And well talk about that. Youre also a lifelong advocate for survivors of abuse and you were hired by the Church Of England to be part of their independent Safeguarding Board, but youve been fired. Does all of that suggest to you that key institutions might talk the talk about protecting the vulnerable, but maybe theyre not so good on delivery . Absolutely, i would agree with that point. And specifically, my role was survivor advocate, so my role was specifically to be a voice for victims and survivors who had experienced spiritual abuse by the hands of members of the clergy across the board and to ensure that their views were not only heard, but embedded across policy and practice. So, from my perspective, i did thatjob. I sat with victims and survivors, i listened to the harrowing stories of abuse but, equally, those they went to who often looked the other way. And i shared those experiences with the highest of the highest, so the Archbishops Council members, made up of the most seni
watched my sisters being taken out of british schools to marry men in photographs. when it was my turn, it was in order of age, i said no. i was born in britain, i want to go to school, dare i say, college or university? and i say that because growing up within that household, we were not allowed to have thoughts of independence orfreedom. so, i became the. ..the perpetrator, actually, the person who was not following the norm, the status quo. and as a result of that, i was taken out of school and kept a prisoner at home till i agreed to the marriage. i ve already used the word abuse , but it s not something that s always easy to define. what you ve just told me about the way your family, your parents, brought you up, the assumptions they made, the behaviours they practised upon you, do you categorically regard that as abuse? absolutely. i was a child and the role of parenting is to protect your child, to protect them physically, emotionally, from harm. and from my experience,
traditional sikh family. parents migrated from india to the uk, to the midlands, in england. they wanted to arrange your marriage. indeed, i think, from the age of eight, they were talking about who you would marry. you, as a teenager, rejected that, didn t you? idid. i was promised to somebody by the age of eight and i d watched my sisters being taken out of british schools to marry men in photographs. when it was my turn, it was in order of age, i said no. i was born in britain, i want to go to school, dare i say, college or university? and i say that because growing up within that household, we were not allowed to have thoughts of independence orfreedom. so, i became the. ..the perpetrator, actually, the person who was not following the norm, the status quo. and as a result of that, i was taken out of school and kept a prisoner at home till i agreed to the marriage. i ve already used the word abuse , but it s not something that s always easy to define.
parents migrated from india concerted effort of awareness, to the uk, to the midlands, people in schools, teachers in england. need to be talking about this, they wanted to arrange because they re the most affected group children and young people. your marriage. indeed, i think, from the age of eight, they were talking so, yes, we ve created laws, but to shift a culture about who you would marry. you, as a teenager, and a mindset, we ve got to continue speaking out rejected that, didn t you? and accepting this is not part idid. of somebody s culture. i was promised to somebody and on this question by the age of eight and i d of implementation, watched my sisters being taken you and others, including trevor phillips, the former out of british schools to marry chair of the equalities men in photographs. and human rights commission, when it was my turn, it was in order of age, have talked about what they see i said no. i was born in britain, as a problem, from policing to politicians, w
you were born into a pretty traditional sikh family. parents migrated from india to the uk, to the midlands, in england. they wanted to arrange your marriage. indeed, i think, from the age of eight, they were talking about who you would marry. you, as a teenager, rejected that, didn t you? idid. i was promised to somebody by the age of eight and i d watched my sisters being taken out of british schools to marry men in photographs. when it was my turn, it was in order of age, i said no. i was born in britain, i want to go to school, dare i say, college or university? and i say that because growing up within that household, we were not allowed to have thoughts of independence orfreedom. so, i became the. ..the perpetrator, actually, the person who was not following the norm, the status quo. and as a result of that, i was taken out of school and kept a prisoner at home till i agreed to the marriage. i ve already used the word