MORE than a dozen inspirational people were honoured in Islington this week. All made a contribution to helping the victims and survivors of ‘honour’-based violence in the UK. The Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation – a national charity based in the south of the borough – invited 13 people to its headquarters for the .. read more
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Honour killing is the murder of a person accused of bringing shame upon his or her family. Out of the 5000 honour killings that occur internationally each year, about 1000 happen in India, and 1000 take place in Pakistan, according to international digital resource centre Honour Based Violence Awareness (HBVA). However, where the central criminal .. read more
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AGENCIES from across South Wales gathered in Newport yesterday to discuss the changes in the law surrounding the criminalisation of forced marriage and how best to support victims. Under current law, forced marriage in England and Wales is not a specific criminal offence. But the Government has introduced clauses in the Anti-social Behaviour Crime and .. read more
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A 14-year-old girl Pili Mamyiai Kalea who escaped being married off while in standard six at Macknnon in Kinango wants well-wishers to help her. Kalea is said to have ran away from her home and hid at Nyango area three years ago after learning that her parents were planning to marry her off. She was .. read more
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In September 2013, Sarah Fournier, then a journalism master’s student at New York University, was looking for a subject to explore for her investigative journalism class. Interested in women’s issues, she thought of one of her previous interviews: an American woman of Indian descent who was forced to marry against her will. Angered that his daughter .. read more
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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
