Category Archives: Worldwide
Sara is a lawyer representing abuse and sexual violence survivors. She had been in a violent relationship for over a decade, but had never lodged a complaint against her husband, a respected professor and head of the teaching staff. By telling her story, she wants to show others in similar situations that there is hope. […]
Fourteen-year old Noha* lived in such fear that even the sound of her own name terrified her. Noha lives in Gaza, where economic hardship and the anxiety of further conflict is ever present. Home did not feel safe since her brother regularly subjected her to physical and emotional abuse. “Every day, I was terrified whenever […]
Wheelchairs, crutches or other visual indicators of disabilities are often the first thing to come to mind when we talk about disability. But what about people with disabilities that are not so immediately apparent? The challenge of living with ‘invisible disabilities’ is something with which Haya, 19, is very familiar. Haya, who lives with her […]
Nermina, who lives in Gracanica in Bosnia and Herzegovina, experienced many years of domestic abuse. Here the 43-year-old reveals how Islamic Relief has helped her and why she speaks out to empower others. My husband was an alcoholic and I had a difficult marriage for the 15 years I was married to him. We all […]