A campaigner for women’s rights has been nominated for a top award.
Former Colne Valley High School pupil, Karen Ingala Smith, is in contention for the Positive Role Model for Gender Award at the 2014 National Diversity Awards.
Karen, chief executive of women’s charity Nia, has been fighting for justice for the hundreds of UK women killed by men.
Nia’s runs rape crisis services in east London, a specialist refuge for women to escape domestic and sexual violence and exploitation and services for young women leaving care or custody.
Karen, who hails from Slaithwaite, said: “Between January 2012 and the end of May 2014, 333 UK women had been killed through suspected male violence, that’s one woman dead every 2.6 days.
“These are not 333 isolated incidents. We need to make connections and look at male violence against women as a social problem.
“I’m delighted to be nominated for a positive role model award but whether or not you endorse my nomination, please sign the petition ‘Stop Ignoring Dead Women’. “
Karen hopes to get the Government to back a study into “femicide” in a bid to analyse the issue and help bring it to an end.
The black tie awards will be held in London on September 26 at the Hurlingham Club.
To vote for Karen visit: https://nominate.nationaldiversityawards.co.uk/Nominate/endorse/18804
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