Is honour based abuse happening to you?

Have you been threatened or abused if you've tried to:

have a relationship or marry someone outside your community or someone within your community that your family don't approve of
separate or divorce
talk to certain people
have sex before marriage
become pregnant or give birth outside of marriage
wear clothes your family or community think are inappropriate
use drugs or alcohol
access higher education
challenge what your family or community expect of you
disagree with the religion of your family or community

People who carry out honour-based abuse are often close family members but also extended family or community members.

Types of honour-based abuse

There isn't a specific crime of honour-based abuse. It can involve a range of crimes and behaviours, such as:

forced marriage
domestic abuse (physical, sexual, psychological, emotional or financial)
sexual harassment and sexual violence (rape and sexual assault or the threat of)
threats to kill, physical and emotional violence and murder
pressure to go or move abroad
being kept at home with no freedom
not allowed to use the telephone, internet, or have access to important documents like your passport or birth certificate
isolation from friends and members of your own family