“Honour” based violence (HBV)

HBV is collectively planned and carried out by the victim’s family, often with the involvement of others, in order to protect or defend the perceived “honour” of the family and/or community. It is predominantly committed against women and may manifest itself in many forms including forced marriage, forced suicide, beatings, acid attacks, mutilation, imprisonment and murder.

July 27, 2011

Nominations for the True Honour Awards are now closed

Do you know someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the fight against honour based violence in the UK? IKWRO announced earlier this year that we will grant…
May 16, 2011

Getting it right first time: women and asylum

Asylum Aid recently exposed very high rates of refusal for women seeking asylum in the UK. Russell Hargrave has written a guest blog to tell us more: The typical image of a…
April 7, 2011

Four years on: Join IKWRO in remembering Du’a Khalil Aswad

Four years ago today a 17 year old girl named Du’a Khalil Aswad was stoned to death in the square of her home town Bashiqa, in Northern Iraq. Today, it…
March 11, 2011

Government plan on violence against women and girls: OUR VERDICT

IKWRO explains why the government’s new action plan on violence against women and girls does do enough for victims of ‘honour’ based violence

“Honour” based violence (HBV)

Nominations for the True Honour Awards are now closed

Getting it right first time: women and asylum

Four years on: Join IKWRO in remembering Du’a Khalil Aswad

Government plan on violence against women and girls: OUR VERDICT