IKRO | True Honour Awards 2022 | Sahar Zand

IKWRO is delighted to announce the nominees and winners of the True Honour Awards 2022. On behalf of IKWRO and all of the judges, we congratulate every nominee for their crucial work to end “honour” based abuse and support survivors. Every single one deserves recognition and praise. Amina - Muslim and BME Women’s Resource Centre Amina - Muslim and BME Women’s Resource Centre, is an award-winning organisation that empowers and supports Scottish Muslim and Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) women. They promote inclusivity and challenge discrimination and systemic inequality. Amina operates a national helpline to support girls and women who...

Sahar Zand is a multimedia reporter and filmmaker who has fronted and produced a range of award-winning stories from across the world including for the BBC, Channel 4, ITV and Vice. Sahar escaped Iran aged 12 with her mother and sister, before relocating between refugee camps across Europe. The adversity she faced during these years, captured in her radio documentary ‘Me, the refugee’, has given her insight into the experiences of marginalised communities and enables her to report from a unique perspective rarely seen in mainstream media. Sahar’s recent documentary ‘Britain’s Virginity Clinics Uncovered’, which featured Payzee Mahmod, IKWRO Campaigner, exposed clinics making money from virginity testing and hymenoplasty. Sahar also interviewed Payzee for her recent radio documentary ‘My sister Banaz – killed for loving the wrong man’, for the BBC, focussing on IKWRO’s Safeguard Futures Ban Child Marriage campaign.