Karma Nirvana
@KNFMHBV
National charity supporting victims of #HonourBasedAbuse #ForcedMarriage is a crime. Helpline: 0800 5999 247 [email protected]
🕯️ On July 14th, we gathered at Leeds Civic Hall for Day of Memory 2025. From survivor-led panels to memory boxes, bold workshops to birthday tributes — it was a day of truth, healing and action. 📸 See what we built together: 🔗 karmanirvana.org.uk/campaigns/day-… #WeRemember…
Earlier this year, our helpline supported a brave young survivor to return safely to the UK, escaping a forced marriage. The story now shared in the @DailyMirror highlights the urgent need for a statutory definition on HBA. #HonourBasedAbuse #Push4Change @ukhomeoffice…
This poem was written by one of our incredible counselling clients. Shared with courage, it reflects the strength, healing, and hope that can grow after experiencing Honour Based Abuse 💛 Read more about our counselling service - 🔗karmanirvana.org.uk/get-help/karma… #HonourBasedAbuse…
🌿 Day of Memory 2025 – MSI Choices Sussex Clinic 🌿 To honour those lost to Honour Based Abuse on the Day of Memory 2025, the @MSIchoices team created a moving and reflective space in their clinic waiting room. They displayed powerful stories on “remembrance trees” using names…
🌟 Karma Nirvana merchandise available now! 🌟 We're proud to offer merchandise that not only raises awareness of Honour Based Abuse and Forced Marriage but also helps fund our vital support services. Your support empowers survivors and victims to reclaim their voices, futures,…
Thank you @liz_sugg for continuing to 💡shine a light on these hidden harms. Thanks for supporting our #push4change campaign to create a legal definition on #HonourBasedAbuse
Virginity testing and hymenoplasty were made illegal in 2022. In @UKHouseofLords I asked the Government what steps they were taking to encourage reporting and build stronger evidence 1/2 @KNFMHBV
Habibur Masum has today been sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum term of 28 years, for the murder of 27-year-old Kulsuma Akter. Kulsuma, a young mother, was fatally stabbed in April 2024 as she pushed her seven-month-old baby in a pram through Bradford city centre. She…
In April 2025, we launched the first-ever free Honour Based Abuse (HBA) Identification Tool, built from decades of frontline experience and shaped by survivors themselves. Since launch, we've received over 314 submissions across health, education, social care, and the voluntary…
Sister of Banaz Mahmod murdered by family calls for legal definition of honour abuse: itv.com/news/central/2…
📢 @CPSUK 24/25 stats are out: ⚠️ HBA = lowest conviction rate (48.4%) 1 in 2 cases fail Victims silenced by shame. Evidence/Knowledge gaps persist. This is why we need: 🔹 A statutory definition on HBA 🔹 ‘Honour’ as an aggravating feature in sentencing #Push4Change…
#WeRemember Shafilea Ahmed. Women and men across the UK have been killed by their families for bringing 'shame'. Last week, we joined to remember all lives lost to so-called 'Honour'-Based Abuse. #NationalDayOfMemory
National Day of Remembrance for Honour Based Abuse (today) was inspired by Shafilea Ahmed, aged 17, who was tragically murdered by her parents in 2003 after suffering years of abuse for being too westernised and for her refusal to accept marriage. #WeRemember
Today #WeRemember all victims of honour based abuse. This day falls on the birthday of Shafilea Ahmed who was murdered by her parents in 2003 at the age 17 for refusing a forced marriage. It is crucial we continue to remember victims and ensure justice is delivered.
With the support of many of our survivors, colleagues, friends and sector partners, we share this message with the world and remember all lives lost to Honour Based Abuse. #WeRemember Watch the full video on our website: 📷 karmanirvana.org.uk/news-item/were… #honourbasedabuse
Thank you to everyone who attended our Day of Memory this year 🕊️ With special thanks to all our speakers, including: @PayzeeMalika Matt from @nazandmatt Sawaira Sajid Dame Nicole Jacobs, Domestic Abuse Commissioner Yasmin Javed Our SAP members, Sondos, Zee and Ikra…
When someone loses their life to domestic abuse, it is an appalling failure of our society, the state and the systems designed to keep us safe. With a robust monitoring system for domestic homicide reviews we can prevent future deaths and tackle abuse. bit.ly/3IIYIbz
🧵 Today is National Day of Memory for Victims of Honour Based Abuse. It is marked every year on Shafilea Ahmed’s birthday. Shafilea could have been 39 today, but she was killed 22 years ago by her parents, for refusing a marriage. We remember.
We remember Shafilea Ahmed, taken in a so-called “honour killing.” July 14th was her bday, and now we honour lives lost to honour-based violence + raise awareness. @KNFMHBV has a free tool for identifying and responding to these cases. owu0p8dzji2.typeform.com/to/BtttcPaG?ty… #NoHonourInMurder
Today is the #DayofMemory to honour & remember the people lost to Honour Based Abuse. We stand in solidarity with survivors. Please follow & support @KNFMHBV