Afsana Lachaux  is a policy specialist and an award-winning women’s rights campaigner on access to justice and violence against women and girls. This podcast interview highlights Afsana's legal struggle to obtain contact with her son Louis and the pitfalls of Sharia law in Dubai for women. Afsana writes about why a British court ordered her to pay her ex-husbands £94K legal bill here. She continues her battle as a mother to be reunited with her child, which so far has spanned eight years and three countries.

You can support Afsana by donating to her crowdfunder.

Find out more on Afsana’s website: afsanalachaux.com 

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This audio was edited by wonderful FiLiA volunteer Suzi Sevgi.