100 women in Cambridgeshire escape forced marriages – thanks to an ‘honour’ crime hotline.

100 women in Cambridgeshire, UK have escaped or avoided a forced marriages thanks to an ‘honour’ crime hotline staffed by a team of female police officers: the confidential 24 hour helpline was set up after research suggested honour crimes in the county were often going unreported.

via:[http://www.heartcambridge.co.uk/Article.asp?id=1373247]

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