Radio DJ, TV presenter and entrepreneur Noreen Khan has accepted the Asian Women's Resource Centre's invitation to support their organisation as a new Patron. They are a charity based in Harlesden in the London borough of Brent, which has been serving the local community and offering Pan-London services since 1980.
As a charity, the Asian Women's Resource Centre provides invaluable services to all women and their children who are fleeing from domestic & sexual abuse, honour based violence, forced marriages, FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) and trafficking.
Speaking about her new role as Patron, Noreen Khan said, “I am honoured that I have been asked by the Asian Women’s Resource Centre to become their Patron, a position which I accepted without hesitation. The Asian Women’s Resource Centre have been providing vital services to women, girls and children for over three decades and during this time they have developed an expertise in supporting BME women affected by VAWG. I wholeheartedly support the work that the Asian Women’s Resource Centre do in order to eliminate violence against women and girls and I am proud to stand alongside them. I am committed and passionate about ending violence against women and girls and I am looking forward to working with the Asian Women’s Resource Centre.”
The Director of the Asian Women's Resource Centre, Sarbjit Ganger said, “We at the Asian Women’s Resource Centre are really excited and thrilled to have Noreen Khan as our Patron. Noreen Khan will help raise not only our profile but highlight the importance of BME specialist organisations that provide lifesaving services for women experiencing VAWG.”
