‘No one believed my sister was in danger’: how race leaves abused women at risk Yvonne Roberts
After 12 years of marriage, “Z” was brutally murdered by her French husband. A year before her death, the couple and their daughter had returned from France to the north of England to be closer to Z’s British Pakistani family. Z had two degrees but her husband made her take a job in a retail store. She was required to hand him all her wages. “She had holes in her shoes,” says her sister, Sanaya. “She used to be lively but she had become so withdrawn. She secretly came to see me and I couldn’t bear the state she was in.”
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Sistah Space launch a petition calling for specialist training for those working with Black domestic violence victims
Valerie Forde and daughter Real-Jahzara who was killed by Roland McKoy
A leading domestic violence charity has launched a petition calling for specialist training to be given to all agencies supporting Black victims.
Sistah Space want
Valerie’s Law introduced, to allow compulsory cultural training for police and other government agencies to better support Black women affected by domestic violence. The initiative is named after Valerie Forde, 45, who along with her 22-month-old baby girl, was murdered by her ex-partner, in 2014.
Sistah Space Founder, Ngozi Fulani said: “We need laws that protect Black women. Unfortunately, the media doesn’t seem to care about the safety of Black women and girls”