Honour Killings
An honor killing (American English), honour killing (Commonwealth English), or a shame killing, is the murder of a member of a family, due to the perpetrators' belief that the victim has brought shame or dishonor upon the family, or has violated the principles of a community or a religion with an honor culture. Typical reasons include divorcing or separating from their spouse, refusing to enter an arranged, child or forced marriage, being in a relationship or having associations with social groups outside the family that is strongly disapproved by one's family, having premarital or extramarital sex, becoming the victim of …
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CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 7 June 2023 English
The survey was conducted in 18 countries and key findings include the international prevalence of online harms, as well as the impacts on the mental health, safety and freedom of …
much TFGBV against without citizenship and honour killings (Louie 2021; women (Aziz 2020). Gendered attacks …
ARCC: Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada · 13 April 2022 English
1 analysis … In my view, the Court may take judicial notice of the Code in order to better understand the context of this case.” (para 69) o “…it appears …
Edmonton for its removal of a bus ad about honour killings of Muslim women, which was seen as a “dog whistle” …
ARCC: Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada · 7 November 2021 English
Justice Gill held that the City’s objective of providing a safe and welcoming transit system far outweighed the negative effects of its refusal to run offensive or discriminatory ads on …
Edmonton for its removal of a bus ad about honour killings of Muslim women, which was seen as a “dog whistle” …
ULCC: Uniform Law Conference of Canada · 11 January 2021 English
Reiterating their commitment to the work of ULCC, ―Deputy Ministers agreed to renew their commitment to the invaluable work of the ULCC, to reconsider sending a delegation to the Criminal …
prevent its application in cases involving ―honour‖ killings and spousal homicides that are provoked by …
desLibris · 8 December 2020 English
Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence: An Overview 1 As the first publication in this series, this paper In order to contribute to this research area, CIGI serves as an introduction to TFGBV …
wearing her hijab) and threats of so-called honour killings. Disabled women who rely on assistive devices …
desLibris · 7 December 2020 English
wearing her hijab) and threats of so-called honour killings. Disabled women who rely on assistive devices …
RCIS: Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement · 5 December 2020 English
This working paper addresses the following questions: What do narratives mean and what is distinct about political and policy narratives? What are the characteristics of migration narratives? Who are the …
headscarves/face covers, forced marriage, and honour killings. There have been cases in France and the Netherlands …
RCIS: Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement · 5 December 2020 English
This working paper addresses the following questions: What do narratives mean and what is distinct about political and policy narratives? What are the characteristics of migration narratives? Who are the …
headscarves/face covers, forced marriage, and honour killings. There have been cases in France and the Netherlands …
desLibris · 16 November 2020 English
'This research paper, by a Canadian journalist running media development initiatives at home in Canada as well as across Africa and the Middle East, focuses on challenges that female journalists …
reduced the sentence for honour killings. With the reform, honour killings are now treated as a crime …
FRHD: Freehand Books · 1 May 2020 English
A'isha Nasir is a Nigerian teenager who has been charged with adultery. She is sentenced to death by stoning - a sentence to be carried out after her daughter is …
