Jasvinder Sanghera

Jasvinder Sanghera is the founder of the U.K.-based charity Karma Nirvana, which works to save women and girls from forced marriage. She spoke this year at Newsweek and The Daily Beast’s Women in the World summit.

When Marriage Is a Crime

LEGAL STATUS

The U.K. has criminalized the practice of forced marriage. Jasvinder Sanghera, who defied such a marriage herself, describes why the ruling is key.

Jasvinder Sanghera | Published Jun 21, 2012