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You may have been told you have brought ‘shame’ on your family or community, or given them a ‘bad name.’ When someone in your family or community hurts or threatens to hurt you because of this, it is called ‘honour-based’ violence (HBV).
What exactly is female genital mutilation?
Any person may be forced into marriage – this includes people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, and religions.
Child marriage and forced marriage
Marriage involving children under 18-years-old is still an accepted practice in many societies. UNICEF estimate that about a fifth of young women worldwide were married before their 18th birthday. Although boys can be affected by the practice, it is mostly girls who suffer slavery as a consequence of child marriage.
Banaz Mahmod was born in Iraq in 1985, into a Kurdish family. Seeking refuge, her family moved to the United Kingdom in 1998. However, embedded deep within the cultural practices brought from their homeland, Banaz became ensnared in traditional expectations that ultimately led to her untimely and heartbreaking death.
Honour Based Abuse is widely misunderstood, meaning that hundreds of victims are not being helped and perpetrators are escaping justice.
Global political influence may make assault and forced marriage more frequent and severe, say experts.
By Haroon Siddique, Legal Affairs Correspondent
An article by The Conversation.
By Sadiq Bhanbhro, Senior Research Fellow on Public Health and Gender-Based Violence, Sheffield Hallam University
A court heard the girl cried for the ‘whole night’ after the procedure.
By Amy-Clare Martin, Crime Correspondent
On World Sexual Health Day, which in 2023 had the theme of consent, Communications Officer, Florence Blondel looks at this under-reported type of forced marriage, and what can be done.
‘Change in patriarchal attitudes often lags behind other societal change – an important first step would be for FGM to be made illegal in the countries where it is within the law,’ report author says.
By Maya Oppenheim, Women’s Correspondent
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Breast flattening is an age-old tradition, practised in certain parts of Africa. It is the pounding and massaging of a girl’s breasts to delay breast development. In the UK it is child abuse. Read this guide to find out more.
An article from The Conversation.
By Sundari Anitha, Professor of Gender, Violence, and Work, University of Lincoln and Aisha K. Gill, Professor of Criminology, Centre for Gender and Violence Research, University of Bristol
Expert says forced marriage inflicts ‘significant damage’ and constitutes child abuse.
By Maya Oppenheim, Women’s Correspondent
By Hannana Siddiqui, Head of Policy, Campaigns and Research, Southall Black Sisters
By The Domestic Abuse Commissioner
By Sophie Shippe
Hope may not be real but what she suffered – breast ironing – is. This is the reality for many girls.
In discussion with Karma Nirvana.
