Tag: Honour Based Abuse

  • A Statutory Definition of “Honour”-Based Abuse 

    For over a decade now (Time flies when you’re having fun!) I have been researching the politics behind the categorisation and definition of crimes. Why are some harmful behaviours criminalised and others are not? Why is one newly criminalised conduct shoved in the box labelled ‘other bad stuff’ (The box right at the bottom of…

  • Get to Know the Team: Hannah Gloudon from Savera UK Youth

    Who are you? I am Hannah Gloudon, a member of Savera UK Youth and the Youth Advisory Board’s current Chair. Outside of Savera UK, I currently work as a mental health research assistant. When did you first become interested in forced marriage, or so-called honour-based abuse more broadly? It was during my first session with…

  • Get to Know the Team: Afrah 

    Who are you?  I am Afrah Qassim, the Founder and CEO of Savera UK, a leading national charity working to end ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and harmful practices, including forced marriage, which this project focuses on. I was born in Yemen but came to Liverpool when I was 16 years old. As well as leading Savera…

  • Get to Know the Team: Helen

    My name is Helen McCabe, and I am an Associate Professor of Political Theory at the University of Nottingham, where I also lead the work on forced marriage at the Rights Lab. I first started researching forced marriage in 2017, as a result of the International Labour Organisation and Walk Free including forced marriage in…