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2. Jasvinder’s Actions in Fighting Forced Marriage as A Reflection of
Third World Feminism
The ideas of The Third World Feminism in the World Conferences 1990s were
shown by Jasvinder‟s actions. In Third World countries, the biggest problem faced by women was gender inequality. There were a lot of gender inequalities
revealed in this novel and Jasvinder had helped all of the victims. Gender inequality covered patriarchal power and domestic abuse.
In Jasvinder Sanghera‟s Daughters of Shame
, most of the women were controlled by the power of men especially the eldest male of the family who used their power to their own
advantages. They were controlled by patriarchal power. Jasvinder had helped Sanah, Kiren, Shabana, Surjit and Maya to fight against patriarchal power.
Jasvinder protected them from the power of the eldest male of their family who forced them into marriages. Besides, there were a lot of domestic abuse revealed
in this novel. As the women activist, Jasvinder also opposed domestic abuse. Jasvinder had supported the survivors by providing safe houses, refuges and
people to support them. Both of the survivors were Mariam and Surjit. Jasvinder knew that Third World countries especially South Asian like
India and Pakistan had to find support from First World country. She built Karma Nirvana in Derby, UK. She introduced Karma Nirvana through mass media such
as Marie Claire magazine. The purpose was to make her charity become well- known by the women who needed help especially South Asian women around the
world. In Derby, the role of police was very important. Jasvinder could not do her actions alone without help from the police. In an urgent situation, she ordered the
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victims to call 999 and the police would protect them. She was also supported by the House of Lords from the Liberal peer, Lord Lester. She joined the second
reading of forced marriage Civil Protection Act. The victims at Karma Nirvana all believe forced marriage was an inescapeable. Jasvinder expected a support
from Derby‟s government to help South Asian women. First, her action could not be heard by the government, but oneday Jasvinder was called by Home Affairs
Select Committee to give evidence of domestic violence, forced marriage and honour-based violence. For her, it was a good point to make the stories of the
victims to be heard. Jasvinder has brought the issue of forced marriage into the public eye and helped Forced Marriage Bill to go through Parliament. In 2007,
she received one of the pretigious Women of the Year awards for her work. She has also received the McWhirter Foundation Award 2007, Best magazine Bravest
Woman Award 2007, and the Inspiration Award for Women 2008. Finally, Jasvinder was made an Honorary Doctor of the University of Derby in 2008.
Jasvinder did preventive actions against forced marriage in some schools of her environment. Then, she campaigned against forced marriage in front of
public like governmental departments, laws and bills. After that, she had a lot of opportunities to be a speaker at some international conferences. She shared about
her experience and her struggles against forced marriage. Finally, she could change the sur
vivor‟s life and hope. She promised that the survivors would not walk alone. She provided a refuge that was needed by the survivors.
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