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CurriculumVitae –SAIMA AFZAL MBE
Date of Birth: 15 September1971
Address: Full address can be
providedon request
Website:www.sasolutions.info
Educational Qualifications:
 1989 13 GCSE'S (OurLady’s& St JohnsHigh School)
 1998 PublicAdministrationDiploma-1998 (BlackburnCollege)
 2003 CriminologyDegree:2:1(BlackburnCollege-FranchisedDegree
fromLancaster University)
 Jan 2011
 Certificate InCounteringTerrorismStudies–StAndrewsUniversity
 IT qualifications:WordProcessing(1999),Excel (1999) Desktop
Publishing(2002)
Key Achievements
 Survivorof ForcedMarriage & ‘Honour’BasedAbuse
 Queen'sBirthdayHonoursList - MBE awardedforServicestoPolicingand CommunityRelations (June2010)
 Honorary FellowshipawardedbyBlackburnCollege forAcademicandResearchContributions (Oct2013)
 Formallyincludedonthe National Crime Agencydatabase asan ExpertAdviserandSpecialistinSafeguarding
and PublicProtectionmattersrelatingtoBlackAsianMinorityEthniccommunitiesand‘hidden’victimology.
(2015)
 2016 National MuslimAwardsFinalistforServicestothe Civil Service- (resultstobe announced29Jan 2016)
 RegisteredExpertAdviseronthe National Crime Agencyexternal database.Iamonlyone of tworecognised
ExpertAdvisersonForcedMarriage,‘HonourBasedAbuse,FemaleGenital Mutilation,CommunityCoercion
and Control,andsafeguardingmattersparticularlyinrelationtoMarginalisedandMinorityEthnicgroups
(May 2015)
 Formal academicstudy undertaken incollaborationwithLeedsUniversityintoChildSexual Exploitation
focusingonlocalised/ganggroomingandaddressingthe issuesof ‘Race ‘anddirectengagementwithSouth
Asiancommunities. (April 2013-Ongoing)
 Initiatingthe firstpilotresearchprojecttitled‘Juror13’ incollaboration withthe CrownProsecutionService
and BlackburnUniversityCentre,the focusbeingexamining the reasonsforthe low successratesof rape
trials. (CommencedSept2014)
 BBC National TV appearance in relationtoForcedMarriage criminalisation.(June2014)
 NationallyrecognisedcommentatorandspokespersononEquality,Diversity,HumanRights,Community
RelationsandSafeguardingforvarious media&newsplatforms,suchas,AsianImage,Channel 4News,Rock
FM, Ummah Channel. (Ongoing)
 HMIC Stopand SearchReference GroupAdvisor:Exploring‘BestUse of Stopand Search’(Current)
 ExpertWitnessin ForcedMarriage & ‘Honour’Based Abuse prosecution.(Firstprosecutionundertakenin
2011)
 IndependentPolice andCivil NuclearPolice AuthorityMember:Involvedandleadingon AuditsandStandards,
CitizenFocusCommittee,HumanResources,Planningperformance Committee,Protective Service
ImprovementScrutinyPanel (2002-2012)
 Associationof Police Authorities (APA) Executive:NationalHeadof Equality,Diversity&HumanRights (2007-
2011)
 National Chairof APA,Blackand MinorityEthnicNetwork (2010-2011)
 AssistantPolice &Crime CommissionerforLancashire: VictimsPortfolioHolder(2012-2014)
RecentSpeaking Events& Activity 2015 & 2016
 NorthYorkshire –ExpertWitness-SpecialistCase WorkAdviser
 CrownProsecutionService Conference–ForcedMarriage and ‘Honour’ –The Male ‘Perpetrator’MindSetand
Motivations workshop.
 LeedsUniversity-Lectureon‘Community’Based CoercionandControl’:GoingBeyondthe DomesticAbuse
Definition.

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 SafelivesBlogcontributionsregardingDisabilityandDomesticAbuse barriers.
 Durham ConstabularyForcedMarriage,‘Honour’BasedAbuse andFemale Genital MutilationPeerReview
 GreaterManchesterPolice:Internal Conference: ForcedMarriage,‘Honour’BasedAbuse andFemale Genital
Mutilation.
 DiscoveryChannel DocumentaryonForcedMarriage and HonourBasedAbuse.
 DevonandCornwall Police:PublicProtectionTraining
 College Of Policing:ChildsSexual Exploitation,PeerReviewTeam-SubjectMatterExpert
 WestMidlands-ForcedMarriage ‘Honour’BasedAbuse-SubjectMatterExpertAdvisor
 Cardinal NewmanCollege:Exploring the ConflictbetweenReligionandGenderEquality
 PrestonDomesticViolenceServices&SoroptimistConference:Personal andOrganisationalJustice Outcomes
for Victimsof Domesticand‘Honour’BasedAbuse
 ForbesSolicitors:ExploringSafeguarding,EarlyInterventionandAlternativeDisruptionTools
 College of PolicingAssociate Inputs:Diversity,HumanRights,Safeguarding andProtectingVulnerable People
 Lancashire CountyCouncil-SafeguardingTraining:ForcedMarriage &‘HonourBasedAbuse’,Female Genital
Mutilation,HumanTrafficking,Stalking&Harassment,ChildSexual Exploitation.
 Lancashire Police Service ContinuousPolice DevelopmentConference:Exploring ‘CommunityCoercion’and
‘Honour’Beyondthe SouthAsian CommunityIncludingMale Victimology.
 College of PolicingChildSexualExploitationPeerInspections:Subjectmatterexpertandpeer reviewteam
member
 ProjectChampion-WestMidlandsCCTV Inquiry:Referencegroupmemberandsubsequent Independent
ReviewTeamLead
 SafeguardingandPublicHealthfilmmakinginpartnershipwithThisIsTae :Lesbian,Gay,Bi-Sexual andTrans
Mental Health,MissingPersonIndicators,HumanTrafficking,ChildSexualExploitation,ForcedMarriage and
HonourBased Abuse, The Dangersof ShishaSmokingHealthAwareness Campaign,Alcohol Abuse Awareness
Campaign.
 NAVIGO:Exploringthe RelationshipbetweenClinical Depressionand‘Honour’BasedAbuse
 Rotherham,DoncasterandSouthHumberNHS HealthTrust: ForcedMarriage and Female Genital Mutilation:
‘Identifyingthe Drivers’
Professional & Life Experiences
1999-ongoing Workingwithinalocal and national politicalarenaandengagingelectedofficials.
1998-2003 LEA GovernorRepresentative for variouslocal (Lancashire based) schools
1999-2004 Racial EqualityCommission (REC) ExecutiveMember–VoluntaryWork
1989-Ongoing
Media and
Communications
Activity
 Memberof WestminsterFocusGroup(1989 -2000) recordedforBBC 2 ona monthly
basis, discussingpoliticalissuessuchasthe Euro/AsylumSeekersandhow theyare
perceivedlocally.
 Radiointerviewsonsafeguardingmattersfor RadioLancashire,Radio4,and Radio
Wales,BBC,National BBCBreakfastTV,Channel 4.
 I frequentlywrite articlesormake pressstatementstothe DailyTelegraph,Jane'sPolice
Reviewandcommunity basedmediasuchasAsianImage and Ummah TV in relationto
humanrightsand safeguardingmatters.
Over 20 years media/communicationsexperience paidandvoluntary capacity
Career Profile
1989-Ongoing
Consultancy and
Training Equalities
Diversity and Human
Examplesof consultancyactivityacrossthe public,privateandcommunitysector,(including,
Health,Police,Education, Local Authority, CrownProsecutionService andProbation) are
listedbelow:
 Football Associations'KickOutRacism'campaign
 National Inputsfor seniorleaders on‘hiddencrimes’, safeguarding,equality,
diversityand humanrightsrelatedtopics

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Rights, and Criminal
Justice and Security
 SubjectmatterCrownProsecutionExpert-ForcedMarriagesandHonourBased
Violence
 Advisoronmanagingindividual andorganisational Equality,Diversityand
Safeguardingmattersandmanagingreputational risk.
• InternationallyonCriminal Justiceandinternational securityrelatedmatterssuchas:
1. Norwegiancustomsandexcise trainingonstopandsearch proceduresatairport
security.
2. France withthe OpenSocietyJustice Initiativeonstopsandsearch,ethnicprofiling
and data analysis.
3. CabinetOffice forResearchandInternal Securityof the SpanishMinistryof the
Interioronequal treatmentandlaw enforcementscrutiny.
4. Canadian- QuebecCouncil onthe Statusof Women- Researchonforced
marriages/violence againstwomenrelatingtoblackandethnicminority womenand
UK good practice.
Over 20 years of Criminal Justice,Policing, Safeguarding,Equality& Human Rights
experience
Dec 2012-Nov 2014
Assistant Police and
Crime Commissioner
for Lancashire -Lead
for Victims &
Equality, Diversity
and Human Rights
Keyareasof activityare listedbelow,withafocusondriving improvementsforthose who
are ‘victims’of crime,including indirectvictimsof crime:
 A VictimsServicesReview acrossLancashire:Identifyingneedsandgapsinservices.
 DevelopingaLancashire wide VictimsStrategy&VictimServicesCommissioning
Outcomes
 Identifying‘alternative’ crime/incidentreportingmechanisms
 Establishingthe foundationsfor‘communityremedy’ and‘restorativejustice’
beyondthe existingPolice initiatives.
 Responsible fordrivingengagementwithall groupsandcommunitiesof Lancashire
whilstprioritisingthe needsof marginalised,vulnerableandunder-represented
groups.
 Increasingtrustand confidence of the Lancashire public.
 Ensuring‘bestuse’of policingtactics,primarily focusingon Stopand Search.
 IncreasingrecruitmentandprogressionforBlack, Asian, MinorityEthnicandunder-
representedgroups.
July 2007-ongoing
(NPIA/College of
Policing) Peer
Assessor/Associate
Keyactivityincluded:
 To assistwith identifying,recruitandpromote senior leaderstothe police service
 Advise ondiversity andprotectingvulnerable peoplerelatedissues.
I am alsoinvolvedinpeeraudits/assessmentsandoffercapabilitysupportonavarietyof
policing,communityengagementandinvolvementareas.
I have conducteda numberof PeerReviews/Inquiriessince 2009:
 Stopand Search (DorsetPolice Service),
 DomesticViolence andForcedMarriages,‘Honour’andFemale Genital Mutilation
(Northamptonshire Police Service)
 CCTV Inquiry(WestMidlandsPolice Service)
 ChildSexual ExploitationPeerReviews.
 ForcedMarriage, ‘Honour’BasedAbuse &Female Genital Mutilation(Durham
Constabulary)
Over 10 Years ofpolicingand equalitiesassessing experience
November 2007-
2012
Appointedasthe National leadfor EnglandandWalesprimarily asthe publicfacing
ambassadorfor equality,diversityandhumanrights. A keyfocusbeingtoforge relationships
and work withthe following:

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Association of Police
Authorities (APA)
Executive Board
 Police Officer/Staff supportgroups
 ‘Ministerial’groups
 ACPO(Associationof Chief Police Officers)workinggroups
 NPIA (National PolicingImprovementsAgency) activities andotherpartnersas
required.
14 years of strategic scrutiny and governance experience.
1998 - Ongoing
Independent
Research Projects:
Formal and informal researchareasinclude the following:
 Stopand Search
 ForcedMarriages & HonourBasedViolence includingFemaleGenital Mutilation
 Sexual Healthand SexualitywithinIslam (focusonyoungpeople &teenage
pregnancies)
 Sexual Exploitation/LocalisedGangandGroup Grooming,
 ChildCare provisionsformarginalisedgroups
 Recruitment,RetentionandProgressionof under-representedgroups
 Rape trialsand exploringthe reasonsforlow successful prosecutionrates.
 Drug use in SouthAsiancommunities
Over 15 years research experience ofunder-represented& disadvantagedgroups
Loss Leader
Activity(1989-
Ongoing)
 Communityprojects empowering BlackandMinority Ethnic(BME) communities
 Supportingpublicandprivate sectororganisationstoprovide servicesthatmeetthe
needsof excludedgroups
 Workingon research/inclusion/cohesion/integrationactivities
 Raisingawarenessof issues affectingmarginalisedandvulnerablecommunities
Over 20 years of minorityethnic,gender,safeguarding,human rights and community
developmentexperience