In recent years, violence against women (VAW) committed in the name of 'honour'has
attracted increasing attention across the globe. Unfortunately, media accounts and policy …

The aim of this chapter is to present a psychologically oriented, motivational model of
honour-based violence (HBV) perpetration. It briefly considers existing theories of HBV and …

This book evaluates the effectiveness of current international human rights law, and in
particular the recent Istanbul Convention, in eradicating so-called honour killings in Turkey …

A través de la revisión, relectura y análisis de las investigaciones con grupos de mujeres de
Tunja Boyacá Colombia, durante el periodo 2004-2011, realizadas por el Grupo de …

Drawing on feminist theory, as well as theory surrounding the correlation between poverty
and suicide, this study explores the increased rate of suicide among women in western Iran …

Honour-based abuse (HBA) is a pervasive form of abuse that has the capacity to cause
significant harm. To date, there is a paucity of research that explores HBA beliefs, and the …

For the past many years honour killings have grabbed national headlines. The raging
debates on what is fist degree have exposed the uncivil nature of the Indian 'civil'society …