Meena Kumari

Meena has worked in front line services since 2005 and has worked with victims, perpetrators and children/ young people.

In 2008 Meena was awarded the Leicester Young Achiever Award (part of women of achievement awards) and in 2015 Meena was shortlisted as a finalist as part of the Iranian & Kurdish Women’s Rights organisation IKWRO Awards for her work in combating Honour Abuse and Forced Marriages.

In October 2020 Meena was shortlisted for the Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize.

In 2021 Meena was awarded Thought Leader Award part of the Baton Awards.

In 2022 Meena was awarded a High Sheriff of Leicestershire award for her work with women and girls and shortlisted in the Women of East Midlands awards in the category of Community Impact.

Meena has previously been a Magistrate (2019-2021) and sat in adult and family court.