Breaking Silence Season 4 Episode 5: Hina
Hina was born in Pakistan and raised in a loving family where she and her brother were treated equally. However, an arranged marriage gone wrong sends Hina into a world of violence, isolation, and control.
Hina was born in Pakistan and raised in a loving family where she and her brother were treated equally. However, an arranged marriage gone wrong sends Hina into a world of violence, isolation, and control.
Leanne discovers she has a brain tumour. At her weakest and most vulnerable, with her family far away in New Zealand, Leanne meets an abusive and controlling partner.
n 2022, Farzana Yaqubi was violently murdered by Kanwarpal Singh, who had stalked and threatened her for many months. Farzana’s best friend, Annaliese, shares their story of friendship, the stalking, and Farzana’s murder. Nearly two years on from Farzana’s tragic death, a bill making stalking illegal has been introduced to Parliament and passed its first …
In this story, our anonymous contributor appears to have it all. But as her husband’s drug-fuelled life begins to spiral out of control, so does hers. He falsifies documents, racking up large-scale loans and hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt in her name. With her credit rating in ruins and the debt mounting, she …
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Samoan-born Maureen shares her lived experience of childhood sexual abuse, violence in her marriage, and her eventual rise above adversity.
In 2022, Farzana Yaqubi was violently murdered by Kanwarpal Singh, who had stalked and threatened her for months. Farzana’s best friend Annaliese shares her story.
An anonymous contributor’s life unravels as her husband’s drug-fueled life spirals out of control, leading him to rack up massive loans and debt in her name.
Hamie was abused as a child. This abuse fuelled anger and an attempted suicide. Hamie now works for an organisation dedicated to supporting abuse survivors within Rainbow communities.
Suzi shares her remarkable story, from lived experience to working with users of violence, in a bid to get them the help they need so that the violence can stop with them.
Simonne Butler shares her personal story of very nearly becoming one of the statistics as she interviews Dr. Nicola Atwool, Chair of the Family Violence Death Review Committee.