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Scale of forced marriage problem in the UK
Earlier this year the Forced Marriage Unit – a joint operation by the Home Office and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office – revealed it helped in 1,485 cases of possible forced marriage in 2012, involving 60 countries across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and North America. The statistics for last year show that of .. read more
Jan
Forced marriages: In Kashmir, old habits die hard
MUZAFFARABAD: From a distance, Jalila Ahmed* and Nabila Ahmed* look like ordinary village girls in their late teens, shopping at the local bazaar in a Mirpur suburb. But move in a little closer, and the differences are more obvious — they struggle to communicate with the vendors, sometimes giggling between themselves as they try to .. read more
Saudi woman elopes, seeks asylum in Yemen
Sana’a: A Saudi woman who fled her home last month to seek asylum in Yemen said that she would rather die than be forced to return home and marry a man she did not love. “She has repeatedly said that she would kill herself if she was forced to return home and not be allowed .. read more
Nov
Lebanese Man Impregnates His Sister, Kills Her in ‘Honor Crime’
A man has killed his pregnant teenage sister in south Lebanon in what was seen as an honor crime – the murder of a woman accused of shaming her family. Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5) said Friday that the body of Baghdad Khaled al-Issa, 18, was found with stab wounds in her head and sides .. read more
A documentary drama exploring ‘honour’ violence and forced marriage, All Our Daughters?
A documentary drama exploring ‘honour’ violence and forced marriage, All Our Daughters? uses the testimonies of real women from Stoke-on-Trent. Written by by Susan Moffat, Director of New Vic Borderlines, the project aims to increase understanding of forced marriage and so-called ‘honour’ violence so young people, teachers and other professionals are more able to spot tell-tale signs and help those .. read more
Feb
Going backwards on Honour Based Violence
Joanne Payton Co-founder of HBVA and works with Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation and International Campaign Against Honour Killings. In the video I posted last week, DCI Caroline Goode, the second heroine of Banaz: A love story commented that although the death of Banaz Mahmod had led to soul-searching and reforms amongst the police, there .. read more
Man beheads sister in public view, takes severed head to police station
KOLKATA: In the first honour killing in Kolkata in decades, a 29-year-old youth dragged his sister out on the street and cut off her head with one stroke of the sword in Ayubnagar locality of Nadial, barely 13km from the city centre, on Friday. Scores of residents looked on in horror as Mehtab Alam walked to a police .. read more
Dec
With Help, Afghan Survivor of ‘Honor Killing’ Inches Back
JALALABAD, Afghanistan — It is doubly miraculous that the young woman named Gul Meena is alive. After she was struck by an ax 15 times, slashing her head and face so deeply that it exposed her brain, she held on long enough to reach medical care and then, despite the limitations of what the doctors .. read more
Dec
Honour Motivated Violence Against Women in Afghanistan
Violence Against Afghan Women “More Extreme” Murders and assaults targeting women become increasingly brutal, as Institutions wring their hands. Following a spate of particularly brutal murders, Afghanistan’s minister for women has said attacks on women are becoming more extreme in nature. This week, two men were arrested in the northern Kunduz province for beheading a .. read more
Dec
Honour killing as way of life
A mother in Azad Kashmir has joined her husband in killing their 15-year-old daughter by dousing her with acid after seeing her talking to a young man. Her elder sister, less moved by a false sense of honour and more concerned about the crime her parents had committed, has demanded police investigation into the murder which .. read more
Nov
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