Challenging the culture of 'honour' based violence
Everyone should have a choice about whether they want to get married - and who they get married to.
Yet many people in this country are forced to get married against their will. They fear they'll bring shame upon their families if they refuse to enter unhappy marriages.
Those who resist or escape forced marriages may be threatened, shunned, abused and in the worst cases, murdered.
It's time to challenge the culture of 'honour' based violence and realise that there can never be honour in killing, intimidation or violence. That choosing your future spouse - or if you want to get married at all - is a basic human right.
In this section you can find out about the Choice helpline, a new hotline in Cambridgeshire for victims of 'honour' based crimes.
Chief Constable and Cambridgeshire Criminal Justice Board chair Julie Spence urges victims to contact the 24-hour helpline on 0800 5 999 818.
She says: "If you know someone who you even think may be a victim - please tell them about this. By so doing you may save a life."
At the age of 17, Priya was forced to marry a complete stranger. On her wedding night she was drugged and raped. She was told she’d be hunted down and killed if she tried to run away. But eventually, after eight years of misery, she did just that.
You can read about her story here.