The battle between advocates for abused kids and state officials appearing less than concerned returned Wednesday to the steps of the Missouri Supreme Court bui
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BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Survivors of government-backed Native American boarding schools and their descendants are expected to share their experiences Sunday as U.S. officials make a final stop in Montana on their yearlong tour to confront the institutions that regularly abused students to assimilate them into white society.
how does a society protect those most vulnerable, particularly children, from exploitation and abuse? having the right laws in place is of course vital, but so is having institutions and professions that are open and accountable. how easy is that to deliver? well, my guest is jasvinder sanghera, whose escape from a forced marriage led to her becoming an advocate for abuse survivors. the church of england hired her to help confront abuses, but she and they are now at odds. what went wrong? and what are the lessons?
voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. how does a society protect those most vulnerable, particularly children, from exploitation and abuse? having the right laws in place is of course vital, but so is having institutions and professions that are open and accountable. how easy is that to deliver? well, my guest is jasvinder sanghera, whose escape from a forced marriage led to her becoming an advocate for abuse survivors. the church of england
voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. how does a society protect those most vulnerable, particularly children, from exploitation and abuse? having the right laws in place is of course vital, but so is having institutions and professions that are open and accountable. how easy is that to deliver? well, my guest is jasvinder sanghera, whose escape from a forced marriage led to her becoming an advocate for abuse survivors. the church of england
voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. how does a society protect those most vulnerable, particularly children, from exploitation and abuse? having the right laws in place is of course vital, but so is having institutions and professions that are open and accountable. how easy is that to deliver? well, my guest is jasvinder sanghera, whose escape from a forced marriage led to her becoming an advocate for abuse survivors. the church of england hired her to help confront abuses, but she and
you would always call a forced marriage. yeah. and in her 20s, deeply unhappy, she took her own life. she did. voice-over: this is bbc news. if you remember, i was still disowned by my family then, we'll have the headlines so my family never for you at the top of the hour, spoke to me again. which is straight and my sister was very unhappy after this programme. in her marriage and went for help to members of the community, religious leaders also, and family members, and they sent her back and told her it was her duty welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. to make the marriage work. how does a society protect she tragically set herself those most vulnerable, on fire and she died, particularly children, and i felt that somewhere, from exploitation and abuse? because of that experience, having the right laws my mother would say, in place is of course vital, "come back," you know. but so is having institutions and professions that "we forgive you." are open and accountable. how easy is that to deliver? not that i needed forgiving. you know, i was asserting myself, in terms of not wanting to marry a stranger. well, my guest is jasvinder sanghera, whose escape but she actually made the point, "this doesn't change from a forced marriage led "anything." to her becoming an advocate for abuse survivors. you know, "you cannot come the church of england back, even though robina died hired her to help confront "in this way. abuses, but she and "you mustn't show your face at the funeral," etc,
this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines you at the top of the hour as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. how does a society protect those most vulnerable, particularly children, from exploitation and abuse? having the right laws in place is of course vital, but so is having institutions and professions that are open and accountable. how easy is that to deliver? well, my guest is jasvinder sanghera, whose escape from a forced marriage led to her becoming an advocate for abuse survivors. the church of england hired her to help confront abuses, but she and they are now at odds. what went wrong? and what are the lessons?