‘Banaz: A love story’ – screening and discussion in London
Tweet The documentary ‘Banaz: A Love Story’ will be shown in full at this event at Free Word, 60 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3GA, taking place on Wednesday 6thMarch, 6:30pm Free Word, ARTICLE 19 and Fuuse have organised a screening of Banaz: A Love Story, a documentary that examines honour killings in the UK through the story of Banaz Mahmod, who was murdered by her own family in 2006. Described by Jon Snow of Channel 4 News as “a completely shocking, revealing and timely insight into the scourge of ‘honour killing’”, Banaz: A Love Story is part of...
Read MoreBanaz: An ‘honour’ killing
Tweet Artist and activist Deeyah explains the motivation behind her documentary film Banaz: A love story which features IKWRO. Banaz A Love Story – Trailer from Fuuse on Vimeo. A shortened version of this documentary was shown on ITV on 31st October. It is still available to view on ITV iPlayer for a short period. Deeyah writes: I grew up in a community where honour is a form of social currency which is a source of concern from the moment we are born. ‘Honour’ can be the most sought after, protected and prized asset that defines the status and reputation of a family...
Read MoreGetting it right first time: women and asylum
Tweet 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 political refugee is of a single male, fleeing conflict in which he has become embroiled at home. But in 2009 more than 7000 women applied for asylum in the UK. The factors which lead women to seek asylum can be very different from their male counterparts. Women face persecution for their political activities, but also for their gender. They may come from societies where violation of women’s rights is the...
Read MoreGovernment 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
Read MoreIKWRO says zero tolerance to female genital mutilation
In Iraqi Kurdistan more than two thirds of women have undergone female genital mutilation. IKWRO marks the international day of zero tolerance to FGM with an article on FGM in the Middle East.
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