In recent months, SVT has met several honor-controlled girls who live hidden from their violent relatives.

They have grown up with control, abuse and constant guilt.

Many of those we meet describe the school as a refuge.

Here you are free from the family's rules and control.

- With my father and that family, education is not considered something a woman should take part in, says Aisha.

Girls who have taken help from the authorities and been deprived of school therefore often describe how they feel let down - school would be their way out.

Hear Sara and Aisha talk about the power of school in the life of a hidden girl in the clip above.