Early Child and Forced Marriage: Bangladesh and UK Perspectives
Date & Time: November 18, 2017 | 01:00 AM – 02:30 AM
Location: 112 Lewis Katz Building
Join the Penn State Law LL.M. Program for a talk on Early Child and Forced Marriage with lawyer and human rights advocate Shabina Begum. This event is free and open to the public, however advanced registration is requested. Pizza will be served.
Shabina Begum specializes in domestic violence, honor-based violence, forced marriage, stranded spouse matters, FGM matters, children disputes, divorce and financial orders, with expertise in Shariah Law; both family law and Islamic financing. She has worked as an independent domestic violence advocate handling high-risk cases and extremely vulnerable clients. In 2012 she was awarded a Winston Churchill Travel Fellowship enabling her to travel to Sri Lanka, Cambodia, and India to conduct legal research on the issue of acid violence.
Begum is a regular speaker at conferences and seminars. She spoke at the 16th session of the Commission on the Status of Women held by United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, in New York. She was invited to participate in the UN Child, Early and Forced Marriage expert workshop in Geneva In October 2016.