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Don’t Separate ‘Honour Crimes’ From Other Violence Against Women

Most would agree that with a women murdered every six days in Canada, we need to address gendered violence in all its forms. This cannot be done, tempting and reassuring as it might be, by simplistically attributing the problem to one religious group to the exclusion of others. In the Clarion Project’s latest documentary titled Honour .. read more

Ghana’s child marriage rate alarming

A survey conducted by the Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF) Ghana has shown the country has one of the highest child marriage occurrence rates in the world. The survey showed that one out of four girls would be married before their 18th birthday. Additionally, the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey in 2008 .. read more

WiLDAF sensitizes Muslims against early marriages

Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF) in partnership with CARE Ghana, has organised a day’s seminar to sensitise Muslims, especially Imams, on the need to fight against early and forced marriages among girls. The theme for the seminar: “Positive Action against Early and Forced Marriages,” is to ensure that children enjoy their rights .. read more

Girl, 14, Rescued From Forced Marriage

A 14-year old girl from Niger Republic has been rescued after she was forcefully married to a Bureau de Change operator in Yaba area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria. The girl (name withheld) was forcefully married to 25-year old Bashiru Yaya also from Niger Republic on 29 December, 2013 while the girl was still in Senior .. read more

Derby College to pioneer forced marriage programme with Jasvinder Sanghera

Jasvinder Sanghera, campaigner against forced marriage and honour-based abuse A TRAINING and awareness programme to tackle the issue of forced marriage and honour-based abuse has been launched at Derby College – the first of its kind in the country. The college will be working with national charity Karma Nirvana, whose founder Jasvinder Sanghera was a .. read more

EXCLUSIVE CLIP: Paddy Considine Stars In ‘Honour’

In ‘Honour’, Paddy Considine stars as a bounty hunter who’s hired to find a girl who may have been subjected to an attempted honour killing. After a failed attempt at an honour killing at the hands of her family, Mona (Aiysha Hart) is forced to go on the run. The family, desperate to save face, enlist the .. read more

Cornered Khaps Sing Tune of Change

Their word is law in the rural landscape of Haryana. Their regressive take on same-caste marriages has resulted in honour killings of young couples. Politicians big and small try to remain on their right side for fear of losing out on votes. But khap panchayats appear to be in a makeover mode. For a change, .. read more

Allahabad: Man ‘kills’ daughter, her boyfriend

In what is being termed as a case of honour killing, the body of a 19-year-old girl was found from a well at a village in Allahabad late Friday evening — a day after the girl’s father and others allegedly murdered her 25-year-old boyfriend, Raju Bhartiya. The police have arrested the girl’s father, Jagdish Yadav, .. read more

Right to choose life partner is a fundamental right: HC

New Delhi: Right to choose one’s life partner is a fundamental right, the Delhi High Court today said while expressing concern over “malaise” of honour killing stemming from a “deeply entrenched” belief in caste system prevalent even in the highest class of the society. “The right to choose your life partner or whom you associate .. read more

Report launch: ‘Legislation to eliminate fear of honour crime victims’

ISLAMABAD:  They live in constant fear because if they disobeyed existing norms, they could be pushed into forced marriage, or even murdered.  Honour Crimes in Pakistan; Unveiling Reality and Perception — a report launched by Community Appraisal and motivation Programme (CAMP) on Monday — said that although honour related crimes are an international phenomenon, the .. read more