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Results for honor related violence (kurds) (u.k.)
1 results foundAuthor: Begikhani, Nazand Title: Honour-based Violence (HBV) and Honour-based Killings in Iraqi Kurdistan and in the Kurdish Diaspora in the UK Summary: This Final Report to the Kurdistan Regional Government addresses 'honour'-based violence (HBV), and killings in the name of family 'honour,' in Kurdish communities, particularly in Iraqi Kurdistan but also in the UK. 'Honour'-based violence is a wide-spread and distressing form of family and gender violence occuring in many countries in the world. In 2008, the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), on the initiative of the former PM, Mr. Nechirvan Barzani, took the unprecedented step of commissioning an international research project on 'honour'-based violence in Kurdistan and within the Kurdish Diaspora. The KRG is to be congratulated on taking this step to start to address the issue, as one part of a wider Government strategy, including the setting up of the Government Honour-based Violence against Women. These initiatives were designed to contribute to the committed democratization and modernization process currently underway in Iraqi Kurdistan, including the integration of gender issues into social and public policy. The study commissioned by the KRG was a pioneering and unique piece of research, breaking new ground for social researchers in Kurdistan Region. It was carried out between 2008 and 2010 by a consortium of senior researchers from the Centre for Gender and Violence Research, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, UK, and Roehampton University, UK, working in partnership with the Kurdish women's organization, Kurdish Women's Rights Watch (KWRW) which is based in London with an office in Iraqi Kurdistan. The research was a practice and policy analysis, which aimed to enable social development and change in response to this pervasive form of violence, but also to evolve new theoretical insights. The aim was to follow best practice in trans-national research on gender issues, consciously attempting to avoid ethnocentrism and the imposition of Western ideas, and to understand and respect cultural issues and traditional practices, while working towards modernization. The team also took the view throughout that HBV is a wide-spread phenomenon and that Kurdish society and communities must not be singled out or stigmatized in this respect. Nevertheless, it is important that the issue is addressed in Kurdish communities, as well as others, to lead to social development and to address harmful social practice where they exist. The research was investigated in detail and then approved by the Ethics Committees of both the University of Bristol and Roehampton University. The Universities provided financial and project management and ethical oversight throughout, and also developed comprehensive risk assessment agreements, and security arrangements and procedures, which were complied with by all participants across the duration of the study. Details: Bristol, United Kingdom: Centre for Gender and Violence Research, University of Bristol, UK; Roehampton University, UK; Kurdish Women's Rights Watch, 2010. 166p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 10, 2012 at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sps/research/projects/reports/2010/rw9038reportenglish.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sps/research/projects/reports/2010/rw9038reportenglish.pdf Shelf Number: 124000 Keywords: Gender-Based ViolenceHonor KillingsHonor Related Violence (Kurds) (U.K.) |