Honour Abuse Training for Professionals
29 June 2026
Dishonour Abuse Training for Professionals Freedom Charity provides honour-based abuse training on dishonour abuse, forced marriage, FGM, victim withdrawal, safeguarding, prevention education and professional partnership. So-called honour-based abuse training is...
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Dishonour Abuse and CPS Guidance
Dishonour Abuse and CPS Guidance Dishonour abuse is Freedom Charity’s term for abuse officially described as so-called honour-based abuse. There is no honour in coercion, forced marriage, FGM, abandonment, intimidation...
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Sierra Leone Child Marriage Prosecution
27 June 2026
What the child marriage prosecution involves Prosecutors in Sierra Leone have charged four people under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2024, according to a public statement shared by the...
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Transnational Marriage Abandonment
26 June 2026
Transnational Marriage Abandonment: When Abuse Crosses Borders What is Transnational Marriage Abandonment? A British girl leaves home believing she is going on holiday. Months later, her passport has gone. Someone...
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Forced Marriage Unit statistics
21 June 2026
Why these figures need caution Every year, the UK publishes a number on forced marriage. When it rises, people worry. When it falls, some assume progress. However, that is the...
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14-Year-Old Girls Reporting Rape
19 June 2026
14-Year-Old Girls Reporting Rape A 14-year-old girl is still a child. If girls of this age appear at the centre of rape reporting data, Britain must ask whether children are...
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FGM legal protection
17 June 2026
FGM Legal Protection: The Global Gap Still Leaving Girls Unprotected By Aneeta Prem MBE, Founder of Freedom Charity A girl should not need a lawyer to know whether the law...
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LGBT Forced Marriage
07 June 2026
LGBT Forced Marriage Pride Is Not Complete: The Hidden Reality of LGBT Forced Marriage Freedom believe Yes. Gay, bisexual, lesbian and other LGBT+ people can be forced into marriage. Some...
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Volunteer with Freedom Charity
03 June 2026
Volunteer with Freedom Charity this Volunteers’ Week Volunteer with Freedom Charity by fundraising, donating, becoming a Friend of Freedom, supporting awareness work, introducing the charity to schools or workplaces, using...
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Boys and men forced into marriage
28 May 2026
Boys and men forced into marriage: the hidden safeguarding failure When people hear the words forced marriage, many still picture a teenage girl taken abroad in secret. That picture leaves...
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