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As a campaigner, Sanghera recently criticised the government's forced marriage protection orders - introduced in 2008 and under which young people are able to apply for legal protection from their families - saying they do not go far enough, and that breaches of the orders are rarely followed up.
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Jasvinder Sanghera set up the Karma Nirvana charity which launched the Honour Network helpline to aid victims of forced marriage.
MPs call for forced marriage to be made a criminal offence 2011
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Jasvinder Sanghera was born in the UK and ran away at 15 to escape a marriage.
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When her elder sister, terrified of her abusive husband, killed herself in 1987, Sanghera set up Karma Nirvana, a charity that has helped thousands of women, through its refuges in Derby and Stoke-on-Trent and its "honour" violence helpline.
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The helpline was launched in 2008 by Karma Nirvana, the charity founded by Jasvinder Sanghera, a victim of forced marriage, and received 4,815 calls in 2010 – 63% from callers who had not reported their situation to the police, teachers or doctors.ends
MPs call for forced marriage to be made a criminal offence 2011
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Growing up in Derby, Sanghera ran away from home at 15 to avoid a forced marriage.
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Sanghera had already raised $35 million, much from hedge fund managers interested in a big win.
The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010
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“You literally just read off the current,” Sanghera explained.
The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010
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“Each hole is individually addressable, a worker bee,” said Sanghera.
The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010
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I had my doubts that a nude John Cleese playing a theater organ was the classy image Sanghera was striving for, but let it pass.
The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010
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