Yesterday I was honoured to be invited to give a seminar to undergraduates at Gediz University on Forced Marriage and the effectiveness of initiatives to tackle the problem worldwide, in the UK and also Turkey.
The event was arranged and organised by a really brilliant society at the University who also arranged a screening of ‘The Night of Silence’ a film highlighting forced marriage just before my presentation, which was great as it gave some background on the problem to everyone.
I was really delighted that people came and seemed engaged with what I was saying and really interested in helping combat violence against women and specifically forced marriage. Also in understanding its causes and how vital it is to raise awareness of the issue internationally. I received some brilliant questions at the end and I hope that I was able to give more information on the problem to everyone.
Yes, so I was really happy and thrilled to have been given this opportunity to extend the research that I began as an undergraduate in my dissertation!
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