‘Honour’-Based Violence: Moving towards Action in Iraqi Kurdistan

Nazand Begikhani, Aisha Gill and Gill Hague

Abstract

The paper presents a discussion of ‘honour’-based violence, followed by the methods, findings and recommendations. Using a gender perspective, it places particular emphasis on the ideas for action on honour-based violence emerging from the research. It is based on activism and attempts to enable social change for women.

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