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-New Forced Marriages Guidelines Launched! 3.07.09
The Forced Marriage Unit has published a revised set of multi-agency practice guidelines for frontline professionals (such as teachers, police officers, social and health care professionals, housing officers) to help them to work more closely together and to better identify and protect children and adults at risk of forced marriage.
The revised guidelines replace the existing […]
-H.O.P.E attends New Forced Marriage Website Launch 30.04.09
Forced Marriages Website Launch
H.O.P.E attended a website launch at the House of Lords on the 30th April 2009. This website was developed by the Ethnic Mincoirty Foundation whom are based in London. This Launch was chaired by Lord Bhatia (OBE & Chair of EMF) . The key note speakers were Bridget Prentice MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary […]
-H.O.P.E attends Million Women Rise March!
Meena Kumari from H.O.P.E attended the Million Women Rise is a coalition of individual women and representatives from the Women’s Voluntary and Community Sector.
The first Million Women Rise demonstration in March 2008 saw 5000 women and children take to the streets of London to celebrate International Women’s Day . It was the largest demonstration […]
-DVD Launch on Forced Marriages & Honour Based Violence- A huge success!
“An Insight into Forced Marriages & Honour Based Violence DVD”
This DVD launch took place on the 31st March 2009 at Leicestershire Police Headquarters.
Below are some comments we received back from those who attended.
East midlands News also covered this launch to see a clip please click here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7974890.stm
It’s a pity that not all influential organisations […]
-H.O.P.E Speaks at Mind Your Own Business Event ……
LeicestHERday Trust and The Colleges-University of Leicester Network (CULN) are inviting students aged 14-21 to attend a FREE Mind Your Own Business Event.
This event will take place on Wednesday 19th November 2008 from 10-3pm at Leicester College, Freemans Campus, Aylestone Road, Leicester. It is designed to unleash entrepreneurial spirit in students and to shape the […]
-H.O.P.E Conference feedback 2008
Honour Crimes, Cultural Killings or just Murder? Come join the debate Conference……. 25.11.08
This conference was a huge success with over 200 guests attending and showing their support. This conference focussed on key not speakers as well as hearing from survivors.
Minister Bridget Prentice launched the Forced Marriage Act (2007)at this conference with the help […]
-H.O.P.E Wins Women of Achievement Award!
Women of Achievement Awards 2008
Meena Kumari founder of H.O.P.E Training & Consultancy has won the award of young acheiver of the year 2008-2009 for Women of Acheivement Awards which cover Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland. Please log onto http://www.leicestherday.org.uk/women.php for pictures and information.
BT Betterworld Example of Excellence Awards November 2008
H.O.P.E Training & Consultancy won the BT Better […]
-“JUSTICE FOR SURJIT” (campaign for equality, justice & accountabilility)
Please log on to www.petitiononline.com/surjit and sign the ongoing petition to urge the British Prime Minister to take action on the cases of SURJIT ATHWAL (Panjaabi-Sikh) and BANAZ MAHMOUD (Kurdish), both British citizens and victims of 'honour killings'.
For further details please contact jagdeesh Singh (brother of Surjit athwal) on animalspirit2002@yahoo.co.uk or you can also […]