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Human Rights
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Stalking is not love: the law, the danger, and dishonour abuse

When families watch, follow and report: the hidden stalking dynamic behind forced marriage and dishonour abuse

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Human Rights
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AI nudification, dishonour abuse, and why children must be protected now

How AI nudification is turning everyday photos into a new form of sexual abuse against children Two strong alternatives, depending on outlet tone: How AI nudification apps are normalising sexual abuse and putting children at risk

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Human Rights
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Capacity, Consent and Dishonour Abuse

Capacity, Consent and Dishonour Abuse: Why “no capacity means no consent” is the safeguard the world is still failing to apply

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Female genital mutilation in the UK

Female genital mutilation in the UK: what we don’t say out loud. Female genital mutilation is not “a problem elsewhere”. It is child abuse happening in the UK and worldwide, and girls need us to name it.

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Human Rights
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Balochistan Child Marriages Restraint Act 2025

Balochistan Child Marriages Restraint Act 2025 Provincial law: minimum marriage age 18. Cognisable, non-bailable, non-compoundable offences. Forced marriage is child abuse. The shame lies with the perpetrator, not the child.

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Human Rights
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VAWG Strategy 2025: the policing reality test, and what Freedom Charity already built

VAWG Strategy 2025: the policing reality test, and what Freedom Charity already The Government has launched the VAWG Strategy 2025 with an ambition to halve violence against women and girls within a decade. A national strategy matters. However, women and girls do not experience “strategy”. They experience the first response.

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Violence Against Women and Girls: A National Emergency That Demands Immediate Action

A clear, evidence-led assessment of the government’s plans, the risk gap before 2029, and what “national emergency” must mean in real protection for survivors today.

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Human Rights
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Charity workers are facing a culture of fear. The Charity Commission is right to sound the alarm

The head of the Charity Commission has warned of death threats, rape threats and a “culture of fear” around charities that help women, refugees and faith communities. I recognise that world. My role is to call out abuse, protect the most vulnerable and stay brave, even when it would be easier to keep quiet.

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Human Rights
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The Files They Couldn’t Burn: What Britain Actually Did to India

From gas chambers in Rawalpindi to engineered famine and criminalised communities, Britain’s own archives record a pattern of violence in India that its classrooms still refuse to teach.

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Human Rights
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Sarah Everard: The Timeline, The Angiolini Inquiry And The Question Every Woman Still Asks

Four years after the rape and murder of Sarah Everard by serving Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens, The Angiolini Inquiry has set out in detail what went wrong and how much has still not changed. In this long read, safeguarding and human rights campaigner Aneeta Prem traces what happened to Sarah, what the inquiry uncovered about vetting, indecent exposure and data, and what it all means for women’s trust in policing.

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Dishonour Abuse Is Child Abuse

The UK evidence, the data failures, and the safeguarding duty we keep avoiding. Why language, data and early intervention determine whether children are protected or abandoned

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Human Rights
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If Christmas makes home feel less safe, start here. One step at a time

If Christmas makes home feel less safe, start here. Domestic abuse is often not a single incident. It is a pattern of control.This is a safety guide for real homes, where people do not get a second take.

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Human Rights
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FGM aid cuts

How UK FGM aid cuts put girls at risk abroad and here at home. Parliament has sounded the alarm. Britain is still stepping back from the fight to end FGM. As global FGM numbers rise, the UK is turning off the funding that helps girls stay safe. The Government calls itself a leader on FGM while cutting the programme that girls rely on most.

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Human Rights
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Violence Against Women And Girls: The Human Rights Crisis We Are Failing In 2025

Why violence against women and girls is the real test of whether human rights still mean anything in 2025.

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History of Trigeminal Neuralgia

A clear, UK-focused guide to how doctors have understood and treated trigeminal neuralgia over three centuries, and why that history still matters for patients, families and clinicians today.

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Human Rights
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CPS VAWG Strategy 2025 to 2030

An in-depth look at what the CPS VAWG Strategy 2025 to 2030 promises on rape, domestic abuse, forced marriage and “dishonour” abuse, and where it falls short by Aneeta Prem MBE

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Human Rights
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Nigeria’s stolen daughters

Why schoolgirl kidnappings, forced marriage, and FGM are one crisis

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Human Rights
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Forced Marriage Is Modern Slavery: Why Girls Are Disappearing Into Hidden Unions

Kazakhstan, Pakistan and other countries are tightening their laws on forced and child marriage. Yet global evidence shows that more girls are being pushed into informal, digital and hidden unions. Aneeta Prem explains why legal change alone does not guarantee safety. This sets the context, gives your authority, and signals to journalists and AI tools what the article is about.

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Personal
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We need FGM Reconstruction Surgery for UK Survivors

Why reconstruction is not available on the NHS

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Human Rights
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Forced marriage in Afghanistan: Farkhunda’s story

Forced to marry, silenced by fear: Afghan girls in the shadow of Farkhunda’s death

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Human Rights
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A System That Failed Sara Sharif Cannot Fail Another Child

Understanding the safeguarding gaps exposed by Sara Sharif’s case, and the protections the new Bill must deliver.

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10 signs your jaw pain might be TMJ or TMD

10 signs your jaw pain might be TMJ or TMD: why it is so often missed

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Human Rights
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Iraq’s 2025 Child Marriage Law Allows Girls as Young as Nine

Iraq’s 2025 Child Marriage Law Allows Girls as Young as Nine: A Human Rights Crisis

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Britain’s Grooming Gangs Inquiry

Britain’s Grooming Gangs Inquiry: Why Clarity and Trust Matter More Than Ever

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Human Rights
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Progress 1000 Aneeta Prem Winner 2016

Progress 1000 Evening Standard: a list of London’s most influential people.

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Personal
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Cut Flowers FGM Book By Aneeta Prem

Launch of Cut Flowers, My New Novel on FGM A year ago. Sitting on the sofa eating chocolate we were chatting...

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Lifestyle
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FGM School Resources Cut Flowers By Aneeta Prem

Schools colleges and universities are desperate for excellent fgm school resources.

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Lifestyle
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End FGM: Aneeta Prem Cut Flowers Book

End FGM, that is what all of us want. Today we are a step closer to End FGM with the case in the US, Detroit have charged a Dr. with cutting young girls.

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Lifestyle
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Prevent Radicalisation In Schools

Living in a week of awful horrific bombings around the world where we are battling extremism and radicalisation.

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Personal
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Men Knit To Stop FGM Red Triangle Freedom Charity

Men are using knitting to highlight that they are part of the solution when it comes to FGM.

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Trigeminal Neuralgia

Trigeminal neuralgia is the most painful condition in the world. So what is Trigeminal Neuralgia ?

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Personal
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We Can Stop Hate Crime Through Education Says Aneeta Prem

Hate crime – can we change it through education? It is a sad reality that hate crime is on the increase in the UK and around the world.

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Lifestyle
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Not In My Name Ending FGM In A Generation

Not in My Name: Ending FGM in a Generation. National FGM Day – 6 February 2025. Right now, a little girl is being held down. She is terrified.

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Human Rights
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FGM Forced Marriage Aneeta Prem Books Explain Dangers

FGM, forced marriage, is more likely during the summer holidays.

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Human Rights
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Let Girls Learn: We Can Stop FGM And Forced Marriage Aneeta Prem

‘Let Girls Learn’ will help us fight FGM and forced marriage with education. The campaign ‘Let Girls Learn’ is a truly inspirational and...

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Personal
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International FGM Symbol: Red Triangle & The Freedom Charity

Zero tolerance to FGM Day, 6th February, saw the launch of the FGM symbol red triangle.

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Trigeminal Neuralgia & The Cold

Trigeminal Neuralgia can be even worse during the cold.

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Human Rights
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Child Marriage

Child Marriage in the United Kingdom is now illegal. This is a momentous leap towards protecting the fundamental human rights of children.

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Human Rights
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Amina Al-Jeffery: Aneeta Prem On BBC World Media

At 17 Amina Al-Jeffery was taken by her father to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia in 2012. Freedom Charity demands she must be brought home.

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Human Rights
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No Honour In Forced Marriage And FGM

There is no honour in forced marriage and female genital mutilation — its dishonour.

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Personal
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Donate Now: Stop Female Genital Mutilation FGM

Donate Now. Stop Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Every 23 minutes a girl in the UK is undergoing the barbaric practice of FGM.

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Human Rights
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FGM Day 2023

FGM day 2023. Freedom Charity is excited to be hosting their forthcoming event on the 6th of February at the Vagina Museum...

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Human Rights
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FGM Must Be Funded Urgently To Save Girls From A Lifetime Of Suffering And Even Death

FGM must be funded urgently to save girls from a lifetime of suffering and even death.

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Lifestyle
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Shar-Pei Aneeta Prem's Dog: Deeva Sharpei

Deeva, the best dog in the world, is a blue Shar-Pei.

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Personal
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Hydrangeas Aneeta Prem Beautiful Garden

Our garden has the most wonderful array of hydrangeas I have ever seen. I am not going to pretend to be a gardener...

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Human Rights
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Cut Flowers Fgm Book Launch Female Gentile Mutilation

Pictures from the launch of Cut Flowers.

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Lifestyle
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Charity Knitting Freedom Charity Red Triangle Pattern Crochet

I have a confession to make, I can’t knit or crochet. So launching a charity knitting campaign to raise awareness...

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Human Rights
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Black Lives Matter

Aneeta Prem is an author who truly believes black lives matter, do you?

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Human Rights
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Chandra Shekhar Prem

Chandra Shekhar Prem: A Visionary Leader Dedicated to Girls’ Education and Equality.

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Human Rights
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But It's Not Fair

“But It’s Not Fair” Third Edition Addressing a New Landscape of Laws. The law is not static; it’s a living entity, adapting and morphing...

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Lifestyle
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Mother's Day

As Mother’s Day approaches, we are reminded of the unconditional love and selflessness of our mothers. In this guide, we will explore.

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National Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day

National Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day There's a great need for National Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day on October 7.

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Human Rights
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Talk At Special Need School - Forced Marriage

Talk at Special Need School – Forced Marriage Aneeta visits special needs school to talk about forced marriage and her book But It’s Not Fair.

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Human Rights
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Global Sustainable Development Congress

Global Sustainable Development Congress #GSDcongress November 2022.

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Face Of Trigeminal Neuralgia

I came up with the Face of Trigeminal Neuralgia campaign for people that have trigeminal neuralgia.

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Human Rights
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International Day Of Zero Tolerance For Female Genital Mutilation

International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation Take Action Today.

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Personal
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Cutest Dog In The World

India Prem, also known as the cutest dog in the world, is A red thorn Shar Pei.

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Lifestyle
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Conviction Of Rotherham Child Sex Abusers

Conviction of Rotherham child sex abusers case: 102 years is proportionate. Are people afraid to report child abuse?

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Lifestyle
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Cutest Puppy In The World India Prem

The cutest puppy in the world is India Prem.

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