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Empowering Through Writing: Confronting HBV and Forced Marriage

Dive into the journey of Abda Khan, a solicitor turned writer and speaker, as she explores themes of HBV, forced marriage, and rape through her fiction and nonfiction work. Learn about her challenges, impact, and the importance of highlighting these crucial issues through literature.

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Empowering Through Writing: Confronting HBV and Forced Marriage

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  1. HBV and Forced Marriage Roadshow 2018 Abda Khan Solicitor Writer Public Speaker

  2. ABOUT ME Introduction Background Transition from Lawyer to Published Writer & International Speaker

  3. MY WRITING The Novels • STAINED (Harvard Square Editions, USA, 2016) • RAZIA (Unbound, UK, to be published early 2019) Other Writing • Short Stories in various publications • Articles in The Guardian Newspaper and Red Pepper Magazine

  4. MY DECISION TO START WRITING • HBV FM & Rape in the communities in which I have lived and worked • Personal interaction with victims/survivors of HBV FM & Rape • Lack of fiction depicting these issues • Use of fiction to highlight these problems • My experience of men and HBV/FM

  5. THE CHALLENGES • The struggle to be published • Lack of interest from publishers as they do not consider the themes and character to be ‘mainstream’ enough • A different approach!

  6. THE IMPACT OF STAINED • Reviews • Media coverage • Some negative responses, but that was great! • The biggest impact (personally) – communication from women who have suffered

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