FOUNDER · AUTHOR · CHARITY LEADER
Human rights. Safeguarding. Patient voice.
Founder of Freedom Charity. Chief Executive of Trigeminal Neuralgia Association UK. Author of two safeguarding novels. Her work spans forced marriage, FGM, Dishonour Abuse and trigeminal neuralgia patient advocacy.
CHARITIES · BOOKS · EDUCATION
Practical support, safeguarding education and a public voice for people whose experiences are too often missed.
SEEN AND HEARD
Selected appearances across broadcast journalism and public debate.
Safeguarding books donated through Freedom Charity
Safeguarding novels by Aneeta Prem
Book donation total reported by Aneeta Prem. Read the published account. Explore the Freedom App.
INTRODUCTION
Aneeta Prem MBE is a British Indian author, safeguarding campaigner and charity leader. She founded Freedom Charity in 2009 and is Chief Executive of Trigeminal Neuralgia Association UK.
Her work on forced marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM), Dishonour Abuse and education includes parliamentary evidence, school visits and national and international media commentary.
She also lives with bilateral trigeminal neuralgia. Years of delayed diagnosis and severe facial pain inform her patient advocacy and her work alongside specialist clinicians.
Read Aneeta’s biography and public-service record ↗THE RECORD · 2002–2026
Public service, parliamentary evidence, charity leadership and recognition.
Select a milestone to explore the evidence.
Read the full public record ↗Aneeta has served as a magistrate since 2002. Her public record also includes work on the Metropolitan Police Authority.
Judiciary record of serving magistrate ↗Biography: appointed magistrate in 2002 ↗Founded to address forced marriage, FGM and abuse concealed by silence, family pressure and coercion.
Freedom Charity: foundation and purpose ↗Gave oral evidence to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee on forced marriage, prevention and safeguarding on 20 June 2013.
Archive photograph: Freedom Charity at Parliament. The image is not dated here and is not evidence of the 20 June 2013 hearing.
Read the parliamentary evidence ↗Recognised by the Prime Minister’s Points of Light programme for her work to end forced marriage.
Read the Government record ↗Included in the Evening Standard’s Progress 1000 in four consecutive editions: 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
View the Evening Standard record ↗Selected by British Airways for its centenary BA100 campaign, recognising 100 people who helped shape modern Britain.
Became Chief Executive of Trigeminal Neuralgia Association UK. Her own bilateral TN informs her work on patient support, recognition and advocacy.
Explore TN experience and leadership ↗Appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for charitable service in the 2023 New Year Honours.
Read the official Gazette notice ↗Freedom Charity won the Community Organisation Award for Gender at the National Diversity Awards 2026. This is an award to the charity.
View the official winners record ↗PUBLIC SERVICE
Forced marriage, FGM and Dishonour Abuse can be concealed by fear, family pressure and the language used to excuse them.
Aneeta’s work brings those experiences into schools, public debate and policy discussions. Her patient advocacy asks institutions to listen to people living with severe facial pain and to take diagnostic delay seriously.
The subjects may appear different, but the failure is often the same: somebody is frightened, suffering or asking for help, and the system does not listen soon enough.Explore parliamentary, education and patient-voice evidence ↗
ANEETA’S PRINCIPLE
Aneeta’s public work is connected by five essential freedoms: the freedom to choose, refuse, leave, learn and be.
They were not harmed for honour. They were harmed because freedom was denied.Explore the Five Freedoms and safeguarding principles ↗
CURRENT WORK
Forced marriage, FGM, child marriage and Dishonour Abuse, often called honour-based abuse. Aneeta’s work examines coercion, consent, safeguarding and the role of education in preventing harm.
Explore forced marriage, FGM and safeguarding ↗Bilateral TN, facial pain, delayed and dental misdiagnosis, and personal experience of microvascular decompression (MVD). Patient advocacy informed by lived experience and charity leadership.
Read Aneeta’s bilateral TN and MVD experience ↗But It’s Not Fair and Cut Flowers open conversations about forced marriage and FGM. Explore the safeguarding novels, school resources, PSHE use and author visits.
Explore forced marriage and FGM books for schools ↗TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA · PATIENT VOICE
Aneeta lives with bilateral trigeminal neuralgia. Her pain went undiagnosed for years. A healthy tooth was removed before the cause was understood.
She underwent right-sided microvascular decompression (MVD) in December 2019. It did not provide complete or lasting relief. Today, as Chief Executive of TNA UK, she brings that experience to patient advocacy, charity leadership and public commentary.
Her perspective is that of a patient and charity leader, not a clinician. She welcomes conversations with patients, journalists and organisations in India, Britain and internationally.
Read the full TN story, campaigns and patient advocacy ↗
FACE OF TN · SHOWTN3FINGERS
Making invisible facial pain visible.
Watch Aneeta explain the campaigns ↗
BETHNAL GREEN · HIMACHAL PRADESH
Born and raised in Bethnal Green, Aneeta grew up with deep family roots in Himachal Pradesh. Her father, Chandra Shekhar Prem, was an author, poet and educator.
His belief in education as a route to independence shaped her understanding of freedom. In 2000, she helped him bring his vision for the Republic College of India to life in Himachal Pradesh.
Read Aneeta’s story ↗MEDIA · POLICY · PUBLIC SPEAKING
For journalists, producers, parliamentary researchers, schools, universities and event organisers in Britain, India and internationally.
Forced marriage, child marriage, FGM, Dishonour Abuse, safeguarding and education. TN, facial pain, diagnostic delay and patient experience.
Press kit, biography and interview topics ↗Evidence for policy and research ↗Conferences, universities, media, policy events and professional discussions.
Explore speaking themes and recorded appearances ↗
