Blogs
Throwing Caution to the Wind: Discrimination Against Successful Women in the Bengali Community.
As a Bengali woman, growing up in London in the 1970’s, my mother used to say to me and my sister: “Women are not allowed to step out of their courtyard”. My sister would respond: “It's hard to apply that, especially when you live in a cosmopolitan society...
Your Body, Your Life: Speaking to the Survivor Within
Over my ongoing personal and professional journeys through life, I am continually confronted by anecdotes from clients, friends, colleagues, and strangers who can easily identify one or more moments of abuse in their life stories. What this teaches me is the message...
Becoming a “survivor” of domestic violence
What does it mean to be a survivor? More specifically, what does it mean to be a woman and a survivor of domestic violence? When I looked up the term “survivor” in the Cambridge English dictionary, I found two distinct definitions. The first states that a survivor is:...
“I Can’t Breathe”
“I can’t breathe” was written for talking elephants by Godwill Okee, a young black British woman. It gives an insight into the murder of George Floyd as well as the current pandemic and its impact on mental health.