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and they sent her back and told her it was her duty to make the marriage work. she tragically set herself on fire and she died, and i felt that somewhere, because of that experience, my mother would say, "come back," you know. "we forgive you." not that i needed forgiving. you know, i was asserting myself, in terms of not wanting to marry a stranger. but she actually made the point, "this doesn't change "anything." you know, "you cannot come back, even though robina died in this way". "you mustn't show your face at the funeral," etc, which is why i set up the charity karma nirvana, so i could speak out. and interesting that you do hold your mother, of all family members, primarily responsible for inculcating this particular sort of atmosphere and practice and behaviour in your family. you say, "i'm ashamed to say that women do uphold these "so—called honour systems. "they are the gatekeepers of abuse." do you think the work you've
and my sister was very unhappy 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 to make the marriage work. she tragically set herself on fire and she died, and i felt that somewhere, because of that experience, my mother would say, "come back," you know. "we forgive you." not that i needed forgiving. you know, i was asserting myself, in terms of not wanting to marry a stranger. but she actually made the point, "this doesn't change anything." you know, "you cannot come back, even though "robina died in this way. "you mustn't show your face at the funeral," etc, which is why i set up the charity karma nirvana, so i could speak out. and interesting that you do hold your mother, of all family members, primarily responsible for inculcating this particular sort of atmosphere and practice and behaviour in your family. you say, "i'm ashamed to say that women do uphold these "so—called honour systems.
particularly your mother, forever. mmm. is there any time in your life when you've looked back and thought, "i could have handled it differently"? absolutely not, because from the age of 16 and leaving, for the next 16 to 20 years old, i begged for their forgiveness, as if i had done something wrong. it took my sister's suicide to realise that, actually, i was the victim, not the perpetrator. the point is this... just... let me stop you for a second, cos what you've just said is shocking. i believe she was called robina, your sister. she was, yeah. she, unlike you, agreed to go ahead with what i think you would always call a forced marriage. yeah. and in her 20s, deeply unhappy, she took her own life. she did. if you remember, i was still disowned by my family then, so my family never spoke to me again.
and told her it was her duty to make the marriage work. she tragically set herself on fire and she died, and i felt that somewhere, because of that experience, my mother would say, "come back," you know. "we forgive you." not that i needed forgiving. you know, i was asserting myself, in terms of not wanting to marry a stranger. but she actually made the point, "this doesn't change "anything." you know, "you cannot come back, even though robina died "in this way. "you mustn't show your face at the funeral," etc, which is why i set up the charity karma nirvana, so i could speak out. and interesting that you do hold your mother, of all family members, primarily responsible for inculcating this particular sort of atmosphere and practice and behaviour in your family. you say, "i'm ashamed to say that women do uphold these "so—called honour systems. "they are the gatekeepers of abuse."
and thought, "i could have handled it differently"? absolutely not, because from the age of 16 and leaving, for the next 16 to 20 years old, i begged for their forgiveness, as if i had done something wrong. it took my sister's suicide to realise that, actually, i was the victim, not the perpetrator. the point is this... just... let me stop you for a second, cos what you've just said is shocking. i believe she was called robina, your sister. she was, yeah. she, unlike you, agreed to go ahead with what i think you would always call a forced marriage. yeah. and in her 20s, deeply unhappy, she took her own life. she did. if you remember, i was still disowned by my family then, so my family never spoke to me again. and my sister was very unhappy in her marriage and went for help to members of the community, religious leaders also, and family members, and they sent her back
text me every day and i was so surprised that there are such helpful people around the world, it was in my mind that i can help my children. i am able to protect like a mother. yes, i can do something for them. a mother. yes, i can do something forthem. because a mother. yes, i can do something for them. because they can't fight. i can't kill people. i mean that they can't protect in any other way, can only take them to a safe place. and this family, this family... i just... it's like, i don't know. it's like something... just... it's like, i don't know. it's like something. . .- just... it's like, i don't know. it's like something... that is how . rateful it's like something... that is how grateful people — it's like something... that is how grateful people are _ it's like something... that is how grateful people are and - it's like something... that is how grateful people are and you i it's like something... that is how grateful people are and you look| grateful people are and you look emotional. lode grateful people are and you look emotional-— grateful people are and you look emotional. ~ . . emotional. we 'ust want them here, we have been — emotional. we just want them here, we have been in _ emotional. we just want them here, we have been in contact _ emotional. we just want them here, we have been in contact and - emotional. we just want them here, we have been in contact and we i we have been in contact and we thought it would be so easy. we have the space, we are dps checked, we thought they would be here. so the space, we are dps checked, we thought they would be here.- thought they would be here. so the thinkin: it thought they would be here. so the thinking it is _ thought they would be here. so the thinking it is easy _ thought they would be here. so the thinking it is easy is _ thought they would be here. so the thinking it is easy is the _ thought they would be here. so the thinking it is easy is the tricky i thinking it is easy is the tricky part and maybe we can bring you in here now, robina. you have got a
businesses have donated things, sabrina's company are completely behind it. they have said we want to do everything we can to help safe passage for this family. and we just want you to be with us, safe. so we can drink coffee, so we can go out to the beach and so me and vitale can play rugby and do the things that we got my copy is a shared passion? coffee is a shared passion, it is important for everybody. it's interesting what robina just said, if i can pick up on that, because so far, we have had 1000 refugees coming into the uk, mainly on the family scheme. in contrast, in hundred 9000 have gone to russia. the invader. —— 109,000. hundred 9000 have gone to russia. the invader. ——109,000. we have been waiting for 11 or 12 days to make our offer, reality. and we understand there is a political process around this but we also
Whenuakura Marae upgrade to create safer SH3 access 14 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron [140121WCBRCWav04.JPG] Robina and Anne-Marie Broughton are overseeing a series of upgrades for Whenuakura Marae. Photos / Bevan Conley [140121WCBRCWav09.JPG] The cat Pamatangi is a fixture at the marae. Laurel Stowell laurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nz Making access from SH3 to Whenuakura Marae less risky is the main aim of a $229,000 upgrade beginning this month, chairwoman Anne-Marie Broughton says. The marae applied for Provincial Growth Fund money and also intends to replace the old, borer-ridden floor in its wharekai and add doors that will eventually connect it to the wharenui.
negev to think about it. today to find the hope that robina embodied you have to move away from the official discourse and go out on the ground. to travel to hear brown in the west bank where tensions between israelis and palestinians still run high i have a meeting with some former israeli soldiers who denounce the occupation and its consequences and everyday life.