'Honour' crime involves violence committed by those who aim to protect the reputation of their family or community. Honour killing is the murder of a person accused of "bringing shame" upon their ...

Emancipating women from the threat of honour killing requires more than urgings of morality, religion, reason. We must reshape codes of honour, using shame and even carefully calibrated ridicule.

The government has rejected calls for a legal definition of honour-based abuse. The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) recommended the definition in its report into honour-based abuse in July. On ...

On a Tuesday morning in broad daylight, a young woman is bundled into the back seat of a car outside an Adelaide shopping centre. WARNING: The details in this story might be distressing to some ...

We need to talk seriously about cultural moral systems – specifically, the difference between dignity cultures and honour ...

Honour killing is a complex but brutal reaction within a family against someone who is perceived to have brought "shame" upon relatives. Although cases are rare, it is a problem that continues to this ...

Most of us take our freedom for granted. We spend every day making decisions about the way we lead our lives – from what we wear to the jobs we apply for, from who our friends are to who we go out ...

Today, July 14, marks the sixth National Day of Memory for the Victims of Honour Killings. So-called "honour-based" violence punishes those deemed to have brought shame on their family or community by ...

THOUSANDS of people around the world – mostly women – are murdered in honour killings each year. The killings are committed within families or community groups as a means to control behaviour, and can ...

Across Europe, the killings follow the same pattern - a young woman decides she wants to live her life, chooses her own partner, or simply stops obeying the rules her family has set for her. What ...