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That strong message. i mean, i campaigned for the criminalisation of forced marriage. that, i'm hearing, from the younger generation today, is acting as a deterrent, as almost a tool to negotiate with family members... to be clear, you achieved that. yeah. i mean, that legislation was passed. absolutely. and younger people are telling me now that, "we're able to say to our parents, �*you can't do �*this to us. �*it�*s against the law. "'you'll go to prison�*." so... but i have to say, change is really slow in that community, where this is happening. where the change is happening is t...

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 th...

Done in karma nirvana, this ngo that you established afterwards, has made any difference to the mindset of people, including women like your late mother? i think it has. i think it's made an influence in terms of sending out that strong message. i mean, i campaigned for the criminalisation of forced marriage. that, i'm hearing, from the younger generation today, is acting as a deterrent, as almost a tool to negotiate with family members... to be clear, you achieved that. yeah. i mean, that legislation was passed. absolutely. and younger people are telling me now that, "we're able to say to our...

And human rights commission, have talked about what they see as a problem, from policing to politicians, with public officials who worry that if they are too interventionist in some of these cases, they will be labelled racist. absolutely. if people see culture before they see abuse, we've got a problem. i saw that in my role at karma nirvana. i recall a police officer calling the helpline and i used to have "beggar belief" box on my emails, and this police officer rang the helpline and he said, "i'm ringing "you because you deal with the cultural stuff, don't you, as an organisation?" and the...

"they are the gatekeepers of abuse." do you think the work you've done in karma nirvana, this ngo that you established afterwards, has made any difference to the mindset of people, including women like your late mother? i think it has. i think it's made an influence in terms of sending out that strong message. i mean, i campaigned for the criminalisation of forced marriage. that, i'm hearing, from the younger generation today, is acting as a deterrent, as almost a tool to negotiate with family members... to be clear, you achieved that. yeah. i mean, that legislation was passed. absolutely. and...