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Leeds charity tackling forced marriages head on

The founder of a Yorkshire charity says a fear of being labelled racist is stopping authorities tackling the growing problem of forced marriage. Last year at least five thousand women from the UK were sent abroad to be married against their against their will – a quarter were under 17, and some were as young .. read more

Karma Nirvana founder to speak at forced marriage conference

Criminal justice experts are heading to Derby for a national conference into forced marriage. It’s to discuss how they can increase protection for vulnerable women ahead of forced marriages being made a criminal offence next month. I’m delighted to be co-hosting the first national conference on Forced Marriage, where we will be talking about its .. read more

Forced marriage a problem for all religious minority communities in Britain

Forced marriage is not confined to Britain’s Muslim communities but exists among all minority groups, the head of a commission into the issue has said. Baroness Butler-Sloss said there was “a great deal of pressure” on parents and elders to ensure that children married within their strongly religious communities. The former High Court judge, who .. read more

B.C. judge orders mother, uncle extradited to India in ‘honour killing’

VANCOUVER — A mother and uncle accused in the so-called “honour” killing of a young British Columbia woman have been ordered turned over to police in India to face trial for her murder. A B.C. Supreme Court judge recounted the tragic details of Jaswinder (Jassi) Sidhu’s life and death on Friday as he announced the .. read more

Support victims of honour-based violence

It’s easy to think that forced marriages and honour-based violence are a million miles from the UK. But they’re not. Although forced marriages are set to become illegal, this isn’t stopping thousands of British women being raped, abused and physical beaten in their own homes. The government’s own Forced Marriage Unit dealt with 1,302 possible .. read more

Body of youth found hanging from tree

BAREILLY: In a suspected case of honour killing in Bisharatgunj village in Bareilly, the body of a 24-year-old youth was found hanging from a tree. The victim Manoj Kumar had earlier eloped with a local girl. Kumar’s family has lodged a complaint against the girl’s family at Bisharatgunj police station and has alleged that he .. read more

Jordan Activists Profile ‘Honor’ Killing Victims

In Jordan, critics are finding shortfalls in the local press coverage of a March “honor” killing. To fill the void in reporting, one advocacy group, No Honor in Crime, publishes profiles of the victims to humanize them in ways local press reports do not. AMMAN, Jordan (WOMENSENEWS)–He suspected his cousin of being involved with another .. read more

In Spite of the Law, Afghan ‘Honor Killings’ of Women Continue

KABUL, Afghanistan — An 18-year-old runaway named Amina agreed two weeks ago to leave the women’s shelter in which she had taken refuge in northern Afghanistan and go home with her brother and her uncle. What happened next is a cautionary tale for two young people from Bamian Province who eloped and are still in .. read more

17-yr-old hanged in honour killing

Nitin Raju Aage Dalit boy allegedly murdered by brother of ‘upper caste’ girl he had affair with in Ahmednagar; hanged to pass it off as a suicideFalling in love with a girl from an ‘upper caste’ proved fatal for a Class 12 student of Ahmednagar district, who was brutally killed on Monday and then hanged .. read more

Who are Britain’s Lost Women? Remembering the victims of honour killings.

Pavanpreet Ahmed is petitioning for a day to remember victims of honour killings, supported by Cosmopolitan and Karma Nirvana. Here’s why we’re backing Pav’s campaign… Most of us take our freedom for granted. We spend every day making decisions about the way we lead our lives – from what we wear to the jobs we .. read more