Founder and Chief Officer of the Halo Project. Two decades of policy reform, criminal justice advisory work, and frontline charity leadership.
Former National Advisor on Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence to the Welsh Government.
Founder and Chief Officer of the Halo Project. Two decades of policy reform, criminal justice advisory work, and frontline charity leadership.
Former National Advisor on Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence to the Welsh Government.
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Portrait · Photographed in London, 2026
For more than two decades, Yasmin Khan has shaped the national response to violence against women and girls, honour-based abuse, forced marriage, and the wider inequalities that shape who is protected and who is not.
She has advised ministers, authored the first super-complaint in the history of UK policing, served on the independent review that exposed the cultural failures of the London Fire Brigade, and built one of the country’s leading specialist charities for Black and minoritised survivors.
Her work has changed policy, changed practice, and changed lives.
From 2018 to 2026, Yasmin advised Welsh ministers and officials on the implementation of the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015 across two successive terms, including throughout the pandemic.
Founder and Chief Officer of the national charity supporting Black and minoritised victims and survivors of forced marriage, honour-based abuse, and FGM. Developer of the UK’s first Forced Marriage and HBV case scrutiny group.
Served on the independent cultural review of the London Fire Brigade. Authored the first super-complaint in UK policing history, exposing systemic failures in the investigation of sexual abuse across England and Wales.
Yasmin Khan has been appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her services to victims and survivors of violence against women, honour-based abuse, and forced marriage.
The appointment recognises more than two decades of work shaping policy, reforming criminal justice practice, and building specialist support for some of the most underserved survivors in the United Kingdom.
2018 – 2026
Across two terms, Yasmin advised the Welsh Government on the implementation of the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015. She chaired and co-chaired national working groups, and established the BME VAWG Survivor Group in response to the 2024 riots, influencing policing and government policy.
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2022
Yasmin served as an independent panel member on the cultural review of the London Fire Brigade, focusing on violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence. The review played a pivotal role in exposing entrenched misogyny and institutional racism within the service, and shaped urgent reform.
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2020
Yasmin authored the Tees Valley Inclusion Project’s first-ever police super-complaint, exposing widespread failures in the investigation of sexual abuse across England and Wales. She worked with HMICFRS, the College of Policing, and the National Police Chiefs’ Council to implement its systemic recommendations.
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Yasmin founded the Halo Project in 2011. It has grown into one of the United Kingdom’s leading specialist charities supporting Black and minoritised victims and survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence, and hidden harms: forced marriage, female genital mutilation, and honour-based abuse.
In 2017, she established the first Black and minoritised refuge in the Tees Valley. She developed the United Kingdom’s first Forced Marriage and HBV case scrutiny group, which has since shaped national practice.
The Halo Project remains the foundation of Yasmin’s work — and the source of much of the evidence she brings to her advisory roles.
Yasmin speaks regularly at government conferences, policing summits, university lectures, and international fora on violence against women and girls, honour-based abuse, criminal justice reform, and the structural inequalities that shape who is protected.
Yasmin contributes regularly as a commentator on violence against women and girls, criminal justice reform, and the experiences of Black and minoritised survivors.
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For advisory enquiries, speaking engagements, media requests, and other correspondence, please contact Yasmin’s office.