Tackling Honour Based Violence & Forced Marriages
Protecting Victims Threatenend with Forced Marriage
The Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 was enacted on 25 November 2008. It aims to provide civil protection for the most vulnerable people at risk of forced marriage and to send out a clear message to all communites that forced marriages will not be tolerated.
This conference aims to look at the national and local picture in relation to protecting people. Leading figures will share good practice and examine the challenges we face in order to improve local responses and develop working protocols and consistent responses to those issues.
Benefits of Attending
Listen to leading authoritative speakers who are closely involved in the response to protecting people from honour based violence and forced marriage, hear the challenges and learn how to advocate this as abuse
Hear a detailed descripton of the Act based on real life experieinces and the lessons learned from its implementation
Submit questions about this new legislation and how it can be operated effectively, how we can monitor them and what happens in the case of a breached injunction
Listen to and engage with real life survivors who whill share their storeis and explain how they would have benefited from this new approach
