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Mandy Sanghera


Mandy Sanghera is an international human rights activist. Since 1990 she has been supporting victims and survivors of honour based violence and cultural abuse such as female genital mutilation, forced marriages, Faith Based Abuse and witchcraft.

As a human rights activist, Sanghera has worked across many demographics, focusing on cultural abuse and crimes. She has been involved in documentaries, raising awareness on themes such as witchcraft, forced marriages, incest, female genital mutilation and honour killings.

Sanghera was involved in writing the guidelines on disability and HBV for the Forced Marriages Unit. She is currently working with the European Parliament on forced marriages, to prepare a report based on the information from the 28 EU Member States and the selected associated countries and will be involved in the Goddard Child Abuse Inquiryl. Sanghera is an ambassador and advisor for severalcharities and social groups, and has supported over 200 disabled adults who have been forced into marriage.


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