1. HBV and Forced Marriage Roadshow 2018
Abda Khan
Solicitor Writer Public Speaker

2. Transition from Lawyer to Published Writer & International Speaker
ABOUT ME
Introduction
Background
Transition from Lawyer to Published Writer &
International Speaker

3. MY WRITING The Novels STAINED (Harvard Square Editions, USA, 2016)
RAZIA (Unbound, UK, to be published early 2019)
Other Writing
Short Stories in various publications
Articles in The Guardian Newspaper and Red Pepper Magazine

4. MY DECISION TO START WRITING
HBV FM & Rape in the communities in which I have lived and worked
Personal interaction with victims/survivors of HBV FM & Rape
Lack of fiction depicting these issues
Use of fiction to highlight these problems
My experience of men and HBV/FM

5. THE CHALLENGES The struggle to be published
Lack of interest from publishers as they do not consider the themes and character to be ‘mainstream’ enough
A different approach!

6. THE IMPACT OF STAINED
Reviews
Media coverage
Some negative responses, but that was great!
The biggest impact (personally) – communication from women who have suffered