Honour-based Abuse, Child Marriage and Virginity Testing

Session one: 12.00 – 12.50pm

Honour-based Abuse, Child Marriage and Virginity Testing (Natasha Rattu).

Session two: 12.50 – 1.00pm

FGM Reporting (Donna Love). ​

Speakers

Natasha Rattu

Natasha Rattu is the Executive Director at Karma Nirvana leading the charity towards its strategic vision of ending Honour Based Abuse in the UK.

Donna Love

I am the new Violence Against Women and Girls Programme Manager with NHSE/ I, London Region. I hold a Masters in Public Health, a degree in Emergency Care Nursing, and I have over 20 years’ experience as a registered nurse in the UK and Canada as well as in international aid settings such as Kenya, Somalia/Somaliland, Ethiopia and Cambodia. My role prior to leaving Canada was as a strategic lead for Indigenous Health in Vancouver. I led on the safeguarding agenda and I provided guidance to the Health Authority on complex issues arising in safeguarding in culturally and politically sensitive cases and policy.