As part of the public awareness campaign on Covid-19, BritBanglaCovid has hosted a public meeting on 23 Aug 2020. The subject matter: Health & Social Care Crisis. Members of the panels were medical professionals, researchers and social care workers and carers. The purpose of the meeting was to share ideas from professionals, members of the public in ways to minimise deaths and to prevent spread of the virus in the Bangladeshi community in Britain today.
Guest speakers:
Farhana Rahman (GP)
Julie Begum ( Adult Care Researcher and Social Care Workers)
Shebul Khan (Carer and Disability Rights Campaigner)
Shah Alam (Mental Health Researcher).
The event was hosted by the founder of BritBanglaCovid - Ripon Ray
Rubina Begum was a young bride who did not know the reality of life. The only thing she understood at the time was to maintain her home. Once her husband rejected her, she had to pick herself up, build her life and gain confidence as a NHS worker.
EARLY LIFE
Rubina was born and brought up in Islington, London. She was married at the age of 19 and brought up with six siblings.
She grew up with the idea that she was to have a husband and live with her in-laws.
'I was not able to study. It was one of my dreams to be anurse. I was doing well at my education. It would have to come to an end andsacrifice my ambition in order to become a wife and daughter-in-law.’
Before she was married her mother was terminally ill.She had to give up her relationship with her only love.
‘It was like a Romeo & Juliet situation - a bit of Bollywood,' she said.
When Rubina introduced him to her mother, she felt that he seemed like a nice boy.Her mother’s wish in the end was to get her youngest daughter…
EARLY LIFE
Rubina was born and brought up in Islington, London. She was married at the age of 19 and brought up with six siblings.
She grew up with the idea that she was to have a husband and live with her in-laws.
'I was not able to study. It was one of my dreams to be anurse. I was doing well at my education. It would have to come to an end andsacrifice my ambition in order to become a wife and daughter-in-law.’
Before she was married her mother was terminally ill.She had to give up her relationship with her only love.
‘It was like a Romeo & Juliet situation - a bit of Bollywood,' she said.
When Rubina introduced him to her mother, she felt that he seemed like a nice boy.Her mother’s wish in the end was to get her youngest daughter…
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