Domestic Abuse Escape Fund
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I am a 25 year old girl living in Toronto, Ontario, born and raised here. When I was 17, my mother and step father took me to Pakistan and had me married to a 29 year old boy from there because they felt I was getting too westernized. I tried to fight them but was basically forced into the marriage. They had hidden all my travel documents and I had pretty much accepted I would be there my whole life.
I began to accept my role and even got pregnant and had a little boy. My husband did not talk to me much but after the baby was born, he began abusing me. He would beat me up and swear at me when I did not put enough salt in the food or if I did not wake him up in time for his shift for work. I began to fear for my life. I begged my parents to let me come back to Canada everyday and finally after 4 years they obliged.
I came over with my husband and son. We lived in a basement apartment where I stayed at home and looked after my son while my husband went out and worked in a warehouse. For the first 2 months, it was okay and I felt he had changed. He had even began making conversation with me about his day. Unfortunately I could not predict the monster he became. He would beat me simply because he had a bad day at work. As soon as he came in the door, he would punch me in the face, drag me across the floor by my hair as my son cried and screamed and kicked me in the stomach.
My parents are extremely backwards and lacked empathy for me.. as I called them daily screaming and crying, they just begged me not to call the cops on him as the "poor guy" was having a hard time adjusting.
Finally one day he beat me so bad, I called the police and with a black eye, my son and I were taken to the local women's shelter. My parents have disowned me as they feel I have brought shame on the family by pressing charges against my husband and opting to live alone with my child.
Now unfortunately because I was taken out of school before I could go and earn a degree/diploma, I have no credentials to do anything. I want to get back in school and provide for my son at the same time.. I have to get a car and afford for a downpayment on a studio apartment. I am also looking into divorce lawyers. I am so worried about finances and this support would mean the world to me... even the smallest donation would go to securing a brighter future for myself and my little one. Peace and love to all that read my story and empathized.
I began to accept my role and even got pregnant and had a little boy. My husband did not talk to me much but after the baby was born, he began abusing me. He would beat me up and swear at me when I did not put enough salt in the food or if I did not wake him up in time for his shift for work. I began to fear for my life. I begged my parents to let me come back to Canada everyday and finally after 4 years they obliged.
I came over with my husband and son. We lived in a basement apartment where I stayed at home and looked after my son while my husband went out and worked in a warehouse. For the first 2 months, it was okay and I felt he had changed. He had even began making conversation with me about his day. Unfortunately I could not predict the monster he became. He would beat me simply because he had a bad day at work. As soon as he came in the door, he would punch me in the face, drag me across the floor by my hair as my son cried and screamed and kicked me in the stomach.
My parents are extremely backwards and lacked empathy for me.. as I called them daily screaming and crying, they just begged me not to call the cops on him as the "poor guy" was having a hard time adjusting.
Finally one day he beat me so bad, I called the police and with a black eye, my son and I were taken to the local women's shelter. My parents have disowned me as they feel I have brought shame on the family by pressing charges against my husband and opting to live alone with my child.
Now unfortunately because I was taken out of school before I could go and earn a degree/diploma, I have no credentials to do anything. I want to get back in school and provide for my son at the same time.. I have to get a car and afford for a downpayment on a studio apartment. I am also looking into divorce lawyers. I am so worried about finances and this support would mean the world to me... even the smallest donation would go to securing a brighter future for myself and my little one. Peace and love to all that read my story and empathized.
Organizer
Mimta Ahmed
Organizer
Toronto, ON
